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Intellectual Property Protection in Moldova

Intellectual property protection varies between countries and includes things like patents, copyrights, trademarks, and plant variety rights. The document discusses the types of intellectual property, including patents which grant inventors exclusive rights to their inventions for a limited time in exchange for publicly disclosing details, and copyrights which give creators exclusive rights to original creative works. Moldova and 191 other countries are members of the World Intellectual Property Organization and base their intellectual property laws on this organization's standards and agreements.

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Intellectual Property Protection in Moldova

Intellectual property protection varies between countries and includes things like patents, copyrights, trademarks, and plant variety rights. The document discusses the types of intellectual property, including patents which grant inventors exclusive rights to their inventions for a limited time in exchange for publicly disclosing details, and copyrights which give creators exclusive rights to original creative works. Moldova and 191 other countries are members of the World Intellectual Property Organization and base their intellectual property laws on this organization's standards and agreements.

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Intellectual property protection in Moldova and other

countries.

Intellectual property (IP) is a category of property that includes intangible


creations of the human intellect There are many types of intellectual property, and
some countries recognize more than [Link] most well-known types are
copyrights, patents. Early precursors to some types of intellectual property existed in
societies such as Ancient Rome, but the modern concept of intellectual property
developed in England in the 17th and 18th centuries. The term "intellectual property"
began to be used in the 19th century, though it was not until the late 20th century
that intellectual property became commonplace in the majority of the world's legal
systems.

Intellectual property rights include patents, copyright, trademarks, plant variety


rights, trade dress, geographical indications, and in some jurisdictions trade secrets. 
Patents. A patent is a form of right granted by the government to an inventor
or their successor-in-title, giving the owner the right to exclude others from making,
using, selling, offering to sell, and importing an invention for a limited period of time,
in exchange for the public disclosure of the invention. An invention is a solution to a
specific technological problem, which may be a product or a process and generally
has to fulfill three main requirements: it has to be new, not obvious and there needs
to be an industrial [Link] enrich the body of knowledge and stimulate
innovation, it is an obligation for patent owners to disclose valuable information about
their inventions to the public.

Copyright. A copyright gives the creator of an original work exclusive rights to


it, usually for a limited time. Copyright may apply to a wide range of creative,
intellectual, or artistic forms, or "works".Copyright does not cover ideas and
information themselves, only the form or manner in which they are expressed.
Plant varieties. Plant breeders' rights or plant variety rights are the rights to
commercially use a new variety of a plant. The variety must amongst others be novel
and distinct and for registration the evaluation of propagating material of the variety
is considered.
Moldova and other 191 countries are members of WIPO and their laws are
based on this organization's.

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