U.15 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY: PATENTS Flashcards
Intelectual property is related to …
creations of the mind.
What are the two categories of intellectual property? and what they referd to?
- COPYRIGHT (arts)
- INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY (inventions and design)
A patent for and invention is a…
legal title granted by the goverment that protects a tecnological invention for a period of time.
A paternt grants the holder the right to…
prevent others from exploiting the invention.
For a patent the applicants must disclose the details of how…
their invention works
It is not possible to patent…
theories, artistic creations, diagrams, ways of presenting information….
Requirements for a patent:
- Novel.
- Published.
- Inventive activity.
- Industrial use.
- Must not be contrary to public order or morality.
A trade secret refer to all ….
l information relating to products, services, processes or strategies whose confidentiality represents an added value or competitive advantage for a company.
What are the requierements for a trade secret?
- It must be secret and valuable information from a commercial point of view.
- It should only be known to a few people.
- It is susceptible to protection measures.
Who grant patents?
WIPO
Any new drug, especially for a common disorder, will probably have a…
world market
What is the process serves to stimulate innovation?
Patents incorporate an information system and a legal publication process from the moment the invention and its material expression are made public after a patent is granted.
An alternative to protection by patent is the…
trade secret
The patents restrict to all the knowledge to the future innovation may not be good for the…
future innovation, and scientific progress
What is the name of the growing new approach for the prevention and treatment of illnesses that adapts to the individual patient and takes into account their genetic make-up, environment and lifestyle.?
Personalize medicine
The unaffordable cost of many new drugs continues to affect their….
citizens right to health
In the intellectual properties is an evident contradiction between…
proposing progress and what happens in practice in the access of medicine.
The poorest countries encourage their pharmaceutical companies to produce….
heaper generic alternatives, and make the branded products very expensive.
Controversies of the prices of medicines?
- Multinational drug mnufaturers profit from the current patent system.
- Their reasearch is addressed to researching lifestyle drugd, rather than saving lifes.
In the context of public health we have the challenge of seeking optimum balance between the ….
rights of patent holders, inventors of technological innovations that improve health conditions, and the needs of the general public.
It is a problem of imbalance between the….
developed and the developing countries in the control of patent rights.
