Category of IP right | Type of limitation | Description | Relevant regulation |
|---|---|---|---|
Patents/Utility models/Designs | !!! - PATENTS / SHORT TERM PATENTS/DESIGNS!!! - Prior user rights | Person who has exploited an invention in a good faith befor priority date keeps the right to exploitation of such invention. | Industrial property Act of 2001, Articles 20, 37 |
Patents/Utility models | !!! - PATENTS / SHORT TERM PATENTS!!! - These kinds of activities do not infringe the rights of the owner: | Acts performed for non-commercial purposes; Acts performed for research and experimental purposes; Preparation for individual cases in a pharmacy of a medicine. | Industrial property Act of 2001, Article 19 |
Industrial Designs | These kinds of activities do not infringe the rights of the owner: | Acts of reproduction for the purposes of making citations or of teaching. | Industrial property Act of 2001, Article 37 |
Topographies of Semiconductor Products | !!! -GIs !!! - These kinds of activities do not infringe the rights of the owner: | Prior user of an identical or similar trade mark; Using in the course of trade of name of a person or its predecessor in business. | Industrial property Act of 2001, Article 59 |
Trade Marks | These kinds of activities do not infringe the rights of the owner: | Using in the 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; Prior use of trade mark. | Industrial property Act of 2001, Article 48 |
Copyright | Using in these fields shall not be considered as an infrigement. | Teaching; Reproduction in periodicals; For the benefit of people with a disability; Free access to information of public nature; Temporary reproduction; Private and internal reproduction; Quotations; Free transformations of disclosed works; Public exhibition or sale of artistic works; Works located in generally accessible premises; Official proceedings; Testing of equipment. | Copyright and Related Rights Act of 1995, Articles 47-57 |
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