Category of IP right | Type of limitation | Description | Relevant regulation |
|---|---|---|---|
Patents/Utility models/Designs | Limitations on exclusivity: | Acts carried out in private for non-industrial or non-commercial purposes; Preparation of a medicine for a single patient, according to a medical prescription and under the supervision of an authorized professional; Acts carried out solely for experimental purposes, including acts anticipating future commercial exploitation, carried out during the year prior to expiry of the patent / utility model / industrial design; Acts carried out for teaching, scientific or academic research purposes; Import or entry of small quantities of goods not of a commercial nature contained in the personal effects of passengers or sent in small packages. | Law Regulating Rights and Obligations Relating to Patents, Utility Models and Industrial Designs (1999), Articles 39, 85 and 98 |
Patents/Utility models | (!!!) Patents/Utility models/Designs - Prior user rights: | Owners of patents / utility models / industrial designs may not prevent acts carried out by third parties who, in good faith, on the date of filing of the application / priority, were already manufacturing the product or using the process that is the subject matter of the invention or had made serious preparations to manufacture, use or work it. | Law Regulating Rights and Obligations Relating to Patents, Utility Models and Industrial Designs (1999), Articles 40, 85 and 98 |
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Topographies of Semiconductor Products | |||
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Copyright | Fair use | Text quotation, when reproduction is non-substantial, copy of parts of a work for scientific, literary or artistic critique and investigation. | Law on Copyright (1937) |
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