Lecture 1.1

Question 1

What is a patent?

Answer 1

A territorial, 20 year monopoly, negative right.

Social contract - in return for patent protection the patentee must make the invention public.

Question 2

What are patents available for? (according to 27(1) Article TRIPS)

Answer 2

Patents shall be available for any inventions, whether products or processes, in all fields of technology, provided that they are new, involve an inventive step and are capable of industrial application.

Question 3

What is the relevance of the Paris Convention 1883?

Answer 3

Principle of national treatment and 12-month right of priority from the date of the first filing of a patent in a signatory state

Question 4

What was established by the TRIPS agreement 1994? (most relevant thing)

Answer 4

Minimum level of patent protection

Question 5

Where does the principle of national treatment and 12-month right of priority from the date of the first filing of a patent in a signatory state arise from?

Answer 5

Paris Convention 1883

Question 6

What established a minimum level of patent protection?

Answer 6

TRIPS agreement 1994