Introduction | Industrial Property Law () • Livv

1. Objectives and purposes of intellectual property law

Intellectual property covers all the rules applicable to intellectual creations and distinctive signs. It confers exclusive rights on an individual or a legal entity over intangible assets in a given territory, giving that person a monopoly on the …

2. International regulations

The first major international agreement on intellectual property, the Paris Convention , adopted on 20 March 1883 , enables creators to protect their works in countries other than their territory of origin. It is complemented by the Berne …

3. European regulations

The European institutions have established European rules applicable to intellectual property in order to harmonize the regulations applicable within the EU and thus promote the free movement of goods and services. As a result, a uniform system for …

4. National regulations

In national law, the first legislation governing intellectual property appeared very early on, in 1844 for patents and 1957 for literary and artistic property. They have been the subject of numerous reforms, in order to make the protection offered …

5. Intellectual property and the free play of competition

Intellectual property promotes creativity and investment, and to this end confers a monopoly on the right holder. However, the monopoly of exploitation conferred on the owner of an intellectual property right by national regulations on a …

6. Digital intellectual property

The expansion of online sales and the development of new digital tools such as connected devices, non-fungible tokens (NFTs), artificial intelligence, chatbots or programs that generate images from text descriptions like ChatGPT and Midjourney, …