Legal protection of industry

Authors

  • Ferenc Kiss

Abstract

Legal protection of industry connotes the statutory provisions and related institutions for the protection of industrial properties. Patents play a significant role in this field.
Patent rights have been protected in the form of privileges and industrial monopolies as early as the 15th century. The first law of patents was enacted in Britain, in Hungary, the law was codified in the 19th century.
Legal protection of industry has been a powerful weapon of industrial competition. Decades ago an agreement was signed by the majority of countries for the protection of industrial proprietorship. Hungary has been and still is a member of this convention.
Any invention serving progress may be patented according to Hungarian law. Act No. 8 of 1949, recording this principle, also provides for enquiries into the novelty of patent applications.
Jurisdiction covering patents makes provision for the procedure of patent application as well, establishes the spheres of the competent authorities etc. The a thorities under whose jurisdiction belongs the legal protection of industry are: the National Office for Inventions, the Budapest Metropolitan Court and the Supreme Court of the Hungarian People's Republic. The task of the Committee Authorizing the Realiation of Inventions is to authorize the applications for patents abroad, their realization, publication etc.
Important industrial properties are constituted by the legislation on trade marks, copyright in design and travelling samples.
About 5,3 millions of patent specifications and the patents journals of various countries are available for inspection at the Hungarian Central Technical Library.

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Published

2019-04-24

How to Cite

Kiss, F. Legal protection of industry, Scientific and Technical Information, 7(4), p. 44–50, 2019.

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