Category of IP right | Type of limitation | Description | Relevant regulation |
|---|---|---|---|
Patents/Utility models/Designs | Prior user rights | Person who has exploited an invention, utility model or design in a good faith or conducted preparatory works for its use before priority date keeps the right to exploitation of such invention, utility model or industrial design, after the grant of the patent for the invention, rights to utility model or industrial design to other person. | Patent Law of Georgia, Article 53 Law of Georgia on Design, Article 27 |
Patents/Utility models | Acts that should not be deemed as infringement of exclusive rights: | Use of an invention or utility model for personal needs, where such action is not taken for commercial purposes; Use of an invention or utility model on marine, air and land transport facilities of any country, at their temporary or casual presence within the territory of Georgia; Use of an invention or utility model at natural calamity, catastrophe, epidemic and other emergency situations. | Patent Law of Georgia, Article 52 |
Industrial Designs | Acts that should not be deemed as infringement of exclusive rights: | Application of the design for personal use, if such an action is not intended for entrepreneurial purposes; Use of the design for experimental purposes; Copying the design, which is performed for the purposes of citation or teaching; Use of the design on the sea vessel, aircraft or land vehicle of any country during its temporary presence on the territory of Georgia; Use of the design in case of urgent necessity (force majeure) determined by the legislation of Georgia. | Law of Georgia on Design, Article 26 |
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Copyright | These kinds of use are not considered as infringement of copyright: | Reproduction of works for private purposes by a natural person, limitations apply; Quotations for purposes such as research, criticism or review; Use for the purpose of illustrations of short extracts from the works; Reproduction in newspapers or communication to the public of articles on current economic, political or religious topics; Reproduction or communication to the public of the works seen or heard in the process of reviewing current events, by means of taking photos, broadcast or cable transmission; Reproduction or communication to the public of publicly delivered political speeches, reports, lectures, addresses, sermons, or other similar works, including speeches made at court sessions through newspapers, journals and other periodicals; Reproduction for the blind using the Braille printing; Use of work permanently displayed in public places; Reprographic copying of works by libraries, archives and educational institutions; Public performance of a musical work during official, religious or funeral ceremonies; Reproduction of works for court proceedings. | Law of Georgia On Copyright and Neighboring Rights, Articles 21-26 |
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