{"id":2112,"date":"2019-04-09T14:50:02","date_gmt":"2019-04-09T14:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.klimenthenhapel.at\/?page_id=2112"},"modified":"2019-04-10T20:48:12","modified_gmt":"2019-04-10T20:48:12","slug":"legal-areas","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.klimenthenhapel.at\/en\/legal-areas\/","title":{"rendered":"Legal areas"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row el_id=”patents”][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”100px”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][cms_heading hd_subtitle=”MONOPOLIES FOR A TIME” hd_title=”Patents” title_color=”#196baa” cms_template=”cms_heading.php”][vc_column_text]Patents protect\u00a0technical inventions<\/strong>\u00a0and grant their holders the right to exclude third parties from using the invention commercially (exclusion right<\/strong>). In addition to the required technicity, a patent application must also fulfil further\u00a0criteria<\/strong>\u00a0in order to be considered patentable. In particular, the subject matter to be protected must be novel and must not be obvious to a person skilled in the art from the state of the art. This means that generally an invention can no longer be protected by a patent once it has been made public.<\/p>\n

In terms of time, the scope of protection of a patent is limited to a\u00a0maximum of 20 years<\/strong>\u00a0(calculated from the filing date). In terms of territorial scope of protection,\u00a0national patents\u00a0are available for protection in individual countries; thereby separate\u00a0grant proceedings\u00a0must be conducted before the competent patent office in each case.\u00a0With the filing of a\u00a0European patent application<\/strong>, however, it is possible to obtain protection for up to 44 countries in one single grant procedure<\/a>. With an\u00a0international patent application<\/strong>\u00a0it is even possible to obtain patent protection for up to 152 countries, however in this case the patent grant proceedings are only partly centralised.<\/p>\n

Want to know\u00a0more<\/a>\u00a0about patents?[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”50px”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row el_id=”utility-models”][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”130px”][cms_heading hd_subtitle=”UNEXAMINED AND FAST” hd_title=”UTILITY MODELS” title_color=”#196baa” cms_template=”cms_heading.php”][vc_column_text]The Austrian utility model (like the patent)\u00a0also protects\u00a0technical inventions<\/strong>\u00a0and is commonly also referred to as\u00a0small patent. This is because the\u00a0maximum term<\/strong>\u00a0of a utility model of 10 years is markedly shorter than that of a\u00a0patent<\/a>.<\/p>\n

However, the utility model also offers significant\u00a0advantages<\/strong> compared with a patent: Although the criteria that a utility model has to fulfil in order to be legally valid are the same as in the case of a patent, a utility model is merely subjected to a formal examination of conformity with the law, so that markedly\u00a0shorter grant proceedings\u00a0<\/strong>can be expected. In addition, a so-called\u00a0six-month period preclusive of prejudice to novelty<\/strong> applies for utility models. This means that an invention that has already been published and therefore can no longer be protected by a patent can still be protected by a utility model within 6 months of its publication.<\/p>\n

Want to know\u00a0more<\/a>\u00a0about utility models?[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”50px”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row el_id=”trademarks”][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”130px”][cms_heading hd_subtitle=”VALUABLE MARKS” hd_title=”TRADEMARKS” title_color=”#196baa” cms_template=”cms_heading.php”][vc_column_text]Trademarks are marks that serve to label and distinguish between goods and services from different companies.\u00a0A trademark registration therefore always comprises a (word, picture, sound, etc.)\u00a0mark<\/strong>\u00a0and a list of all the\u00a0goods and\/or services<\/strong> in connection with which the mark is to be protected.\u00a0There is no limit to the maximum\u00a0term<\/strong>\u00a0of a trademark.<\/p>\n

To protect a trademark\u00a0abroad<\/strong>, it can either be registered as a\u00a0Union trademark<\/strong>, or it can be\u00a0registered internationally<\/strong>. In addition or alternatively, individual\u00a0national trademarks<\/strong>\u00a0can be registered.<\/p>\n

Want to know\u00a0more<\/a>\u00a0about trademarks?[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”50px”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row el_id=”designs”][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”130px”][cms_heading hd_subtitle=”MATTER OF FORM” hd_title=”DESIGNS” title_color=”#196baa” cms_template=”cms_heading.php”][vc_column_text]A design has\u00a0nothing to do with a utility model because it does not protect technical inventions
\n. Instead, it protects the\u00a0appearance of a product<\/strong>. Although novelty and uniqueness are criteria<\/strong> that have to be fulfilled by a design in order to be legally valid, these criteria are\u00a0not examined<\/strong> in the course of the registration procedure. Therefore such proceedings generally take only a few days or weeks.<\/p>\n

The maximum\u00a0term<\/strong>\u00a0is limited to 25 years. Protection\u00a0abroad<\/strong>\u00a0can be obtained with a\u00a0Community design<\/strong>\u00a0or\u00a0international registrations<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Want to know\u00a0more<\/a>\u00a0about designs?[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”50px”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row el_id=”plant-variety-protection-rights”][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”130px”][cms_heading hd_subtitle=”TRULY EXOTIC” hd_title=”PLANT VARIETY PROTECTION RIGHTS” title_color=”#196baa” cms_template=”cms_heading.php”][vc_column_text]Plant variety protection rights confer a limited exclusive right to produce and distribute propagation material<\/strong> for new plant varieties. This right is conferred to the breeder on application and for a fee, and is valid for a\u00a0maximum of 25 years<\/strong>\u00a0(except in the case of trees, vines, hops and potatoes: here the maximum is 30 years).<\/p>\n

Want to know\u00a0more<\/a>\u00a0about plant variety protection rights?[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”50px”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row el_id=”protection-certificates”][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”130px”][cms_heading hd_subtitle=”WHEN IT\u2019S TAKING A BIT LONGER AGAIN” hd_title=”PROTECTION CERTIFICATES” title_color=”#196baa” cms_template=”cms_heading.php”][vc_column_text]Supplementary protection certificates are an\u00a0extension of the patent protection<\/strong>\u00a0for authorised pharmaceutical substances or plant protection agents.\u00a0Prerequisite<\/strong>\u00a0for the issue of a protection certificate is a basic patent<\/a> in force. A protection certificate is granted for a product, usually an\u00a0active substance<\/strong>, and serves to take the long duration of the marketing authorisation procedure for drugs into account
\n.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0maximum term<\/strong>\u00a0of a protection certificate is five years, starting at the end of the maximum term of the basic patent. In the case of drugs for children, a one-time extension by six months is possible.<\/p>\n

Want to know\u00a0more<\/a>\u00a0about protection certificates?[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”50px”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row el_id=”semiconductor-protection-rights”][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”130px”][cms_heading hd_subtitle=”THE OUTSIDE COUNTS (AS WELL)” hd_title=”Semiconductor Protection Rights” title_color=”#196baa” cms_template=”cms_heading.php”][vc_column_text]Semiconductor protection rights protect the three-dimensional\u00a0structures of microelectronic semiconductor products<\/strong>\u00a0(topographies). The protection for the topography of semiconductor products only applies to the topography as such.<\/p>\n

Want to know\u00a0more<\/a>\u00a0about semiconductor protection rights?[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”50px”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row el_id=”licence-agreements”][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”130px”][cms_heading hd_subtitle=”QUID PRO QUO” hd_title=”LICENCE AGREEMENTS” title_color=”#196baa” cms_template=”cms_heading.php”][vc_column_text]Licences<\/strong>\u00a0can be granted for existing industrial property rights. In return for an appropriate\u00a0licence fee<\/strong>, the proprietor grants the licensee the right to use the (entire or a partial aspect of the) protected subject-matter within the scope of a\u00a0licence agreement<\/strong>. However, such licences do not become legally valid vis-\u00e0-vis third parties until they have been entered in the respective\u00a0patent register<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Want to know\u00a0more<\/a>\u00a0about licences?[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”50px”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row el_id=”employee-inventions”][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”130px”][cms_heading hd_subtitle=”CLEAR CONDITIONS” hd_title=”EMPLOYEE INVENTIONS” title_color=”#196baa” cms_template=”cms_heading.php”][vc_column_text]The Austrian Patents Act regulates the rights to inventions by the\u00a0employees<\/strong>\u00a0of a company. Under certain circumstances, such inventions are so-called\u00a0employee inventions<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

If there is a written agreement to this effect and the invention is an employee invention, the employer must be given the opportunity to register the invention as a patent or utility model himself. The employee is entitled to a \u201creasonable special compensation<\/strong>\u00a0for\u00a0surrendering<\/strong> the invention.<\/p>\n

Want to know\u00a0more<\/a>\u00a0about employee inventions?[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”50px”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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