Category of IP right | Type of limitation | Description | Relevant regulation |
|---|---|---|---|
Patents/Utility models/Designs | !!! PATENTS/DESIGNS ONLY!!! - Prior user rights | Person who has exploited an invention in a good faith before priority date keeps the right to exploatation of such invention. | Patent Law of 2007, Section 22 Law on Designs of 2004, Section 14 |
Patents/Utility models | !!! PATENTS ONLY!!! - These kinds of activities do not infringe the rights of the owner: | Acts performed for personal needs and non-commercial purposes; Experimental or investigative activities; Examination of the subject of a patented invention, as well as the research of medicinal products or plant protection products; Individual preparation of a medicine in a pharmacy according to a medical prescription; Utilisation of the invention in the construction or exploitation of such a foreign vehicle which temporarily or accidentally is located in the territory of Latvia if the invention is utilized only for the vehicle. | Patent Law of 2007, Section 20 |
Industrial Designs | |||
Topographies of Semiconductor Products | |||
Trade Marks | These kinds of activities do not infringe the rights of the owner: | Using in the trade name, croporate name, name or adress, indications concerning the kind, quality, quantity, intended purpose, value, geographical origin, the time of production of goods or of rendering of services, or other characteristics of goods or services; Necessary use to indicate the intended purpose of a product or service, in particular as accessories or spare parts. | Law on Trademarks and Indications of Geographical Origin of 1999, Section 5 |
Copyright | Using in these fields shall not be considered as an infringement: | Use of a work for informational purposes; Use of a work for educational and research purposes; Reproduction of a work for the needs of the visually impaired and hearing impaired; Use of works for the needs of libraries, archives and museums; Reproduction of a work for purposes of judicial proceedings; Use of a work on public display; Free use of a work in a public performance; Free recordings for ephemeral use by broadcasting organisations; Temporary reproduction of a work. | Copyright Law of 2000, Sections 20-27, 33 |
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