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Patent Law of Georgia (No. 1791-IIS of 1999)

Country/Territory
Georgia
Document type
Legislation
Date
1999 (2013)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
050.040.000.05.001.000.485
Subject
Agricultural & rural development, Livestock, Food & nutrition, Cultivated plants
Keyword
Intellectual property rights/patents Business/industry/corporations Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Property rights Registration Animal health Plant production Planting material/seeds
Geographical area
Asia, Black Sea, Eastern Europe, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, Western Asia
Abstract

This Law regulates relations associated with the creation, use and legal protection of an invention and a utility model. The validity term of a patented invention is 20 years from the filing an application with the Sakpatenti (the intellectual property authority of Georgia). The scope of legal protection of an invention shall be determined by the invention formula. The Law provides that an invention is patentable if it meets the criteria of patentability: novelty, inventive step and industrial applicability. An invention is industrially applicable if it can be made or used in any kind of industry or agriculture. The Law further provides that patents are not granted in respect of inventions, that are contrary to 'ordre public'; inventions, related to methods for treatment of humans or animals by surgery or therapy and diagnostic methods practised on humans or animals. This provision shall not apply to products, in particular substances or compositions, for use in any of these methods. This provision does not apply to devices and substances used in any of these methods; inventions related to breeds of plants or animals and particularly biological methods for breeding plants or animals. This provision does not apply to microbiological methods and products received through these methods.

Full text
English/Georgian
Website
matsne.gov.ge