Patent Law. País/Territorio Mongolia Tipo de documento Legislación Fecha 1993 (1999) Fuente FAO, FAOLEX Materia Alimentación y nutrición Palabra clave Derechos de propiedad intelectual/patentes Área geográphica Asia, Asia y Pacifico, Asia Oriental, Naciones en desarrollo sin litoral Entry into force notes The Law entered into force of 1 September 1993. Resumen The purpose of this law shall be to regulate matters relating to protection of the rights of creators of inventions, industrial designs and innovations and of patent owners, and to regulate matters relating to the use of inventions, industrial designs and innovations (art. 1). A patent shall be granted to the author of an invention or to a natural person or legal entity to whom the author has assigned his or her right to a patent if that author has created a product or process which is absolutely new or involves an inventive step and the product or process is industrially applicable. A patent shall be granted to an author of an industrial design or to natural person or legal entity to whom that author has assigned his or her right to a patent if that author has created a new and original solution relating to an industrially applicable article and that solution has not, prior to the filing date of that author’s application, has been disclosed anywhere in the world by publication in a tangible form or by publication in any manner in this country (art. 4). Patents for inventions and industrial designs shall be registered in the State register and applications shall be kept in the patent library (art. 12). In the following cases, at the request of any interested person, a compulsory licence in respect of a patented invention may be granted by the [Intellectual Property Office]: 1) if the invention must be used for a purpose associated with the public interest and in particular with national security, food supply or health; 2) if the invention has not been used or has been insufficiently used for a for a period of four years from the filing date of the patent application or three years from the date of the grant of the patent whichever period expires last and the patent owner does not satisfy the [Intellectual Property Office] that circumstances exist which justify the lack of use of the invention in Mongolia; 3) if the component authorities decided whether the exploitation of works by the owner of a patent or a licensee involves unfair competition (art. 20). Texto completo Inglés