About the patent system in foreign countries and in Russia (historical and legal aspect)

Occupation: Expert Coordinator of the State Duma Committee on information policy, information technologies and communication
Affiliation: State Duma Committee on information policy, information technologies and communication
Address: Russian Federation, Moscow

Journal name

Gosudarstvo i pravo

Edition

Issue 3

Pages

122-130

Abstract

Problems in the field of patenting have arisen since the issuance of the first patents even before the adoption of patent legislation. The discussion of the patent issue has received a new impetus in connection with the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) and the vaccine being developed against it. The article describes the essence of the patent system. The first court case of 1602, adopted in England against monopolies even before the adoption of the first legislative act on patents (the statute "On monopolies" of 1623), is presented. The author has discovered the origins of such patent law institutions as the inventive level (non-obviousness, inventive step), compulsory licenses and utility models.

Keywords

cancellation of patent protection, legalized piracy, patent trolling, abuse of patent rights, antitrust law, compulsory licenses, the requirement of the inventive step (inventive step, non-obviousness), freedom of trade, public interests, the public good industrial revolution, industrial recovery, stimulating innovation

Received

23.03.2020

Publication date

23.03.2021

Number of characters

32839

Cite

GOST	Afanasyev D. About the patent system in foreign countries and in Russia (historical and legal aspect) // Gosudarstvo i pravo – 2021. – Issue 3 C. 122-130 [Electronic resource]. URL: https://gospravo-journal.ru/S102694520014150-6-1 (circulation date: 25.04.2024). DOI: 10.31857/S102694520014150-6
MLA	Afanasyev, Dmitry V "About the patent system in foreign countries and in Russia (historical and legal aspect)." Gosudarstvo i pravo 3 (2021):122-130. DOI: 10.31857/S102694520014150-6
APA	Afanasyev D. (2021). About the patent system in foreign countries and in Russia (historical and legal aspect). Gosudarstvo i pravo (3), pp.122-130 DOI: 10.31857/S102694520014150-6

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