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Law No. ZR-23 on protection of selection achievements.

Country/Territory
Armenia
Document type
Legislation
Date
1999
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Cultivated plants
Keyword
Basic legislation Plant variety Intellectual property rights/patents Breeders' rights/farmers' rights Registration Viticulture/oenological practices Fruits/edible nuts
Geographical area
Asia, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Europe, Europe and Central Asia, Landlocked Developing Nations, Western Asia
Entry into force notes
The Law enters into force from the date of its official publication.
Abstract

The present Law regulates property and personal non-property relations connected with creation, legal protection and utilization of selection achievements of plant variety. The right to selection achievement shall be protected by Law and shall be confirmed by patent. Patent shall confirm the right of patent owner to use selection achievement. Selection achievement covered by patent shall be recorded in the State register. The validity of shall be of 20 years from the date of recording in the State register. The validity of patent for grape, fruit species and forest species shall be of 25 years (art. 4). The criteria for legal protection of selection achievement shall be novelty, uniformity and stability (art. 5). Application for obtaining patent shall contain application form and description of selection achievement (art. 6). The following uses shall not be considered violation of the patent owner’s rights: 1) use of selection achievement for persona land non-commercial purposes; 2) use of selection achievement for experimental purposes; 3) use of selection achievement for the production of new plant variety (art. 15). The authorized institution shall publish periodically the official bulletin of selection achievements (art. 19).

Full text
Russian
Website
www.parliament.am

References - Legislation

Amended by

Law No. ZR-29 amending Law No. ZR-23 on protection of selection achievements.

Legislation | Armenia | 2003

Keyword: Intellectual property rights/patents

Source: FAO, FAOLEX