Database on Flexibilities in the Intellectual Property System
At the sixth session of the CDIP, member states agreed to establish the Database on Flexibilities in the Intellectual Property (IP) System. It contains data drawn from WIPO documents on Patent Related Flexibilities in the Multilateral Legal Framework and their Legislative Implementation at the National and Regional Levels (namely CDIP/5/4 Rev., CDIP/7/3 Add, CDIP/13/10 Rev, and CDIP/15/6 Corr.).
The database allows searches for implementation of flexibilities in national IP laws in selected jurisdictions.
The references to laws were accurate at the date of publication of the above-mentioned documents. However, users are advised to cross-check laws in WIPO Lex to ensure that the most up-to-date version of the law is referenced.
Note: As decided by the CDIP, member states can provide updates on their national provisions related to the flexibilities included in this database. Find out more.
Tables categorizing different provisions on specific flexibilities
- Compulsory licenses and government use
- Criminal sanctions for patent infringement
- Disclosure related flexibilities
- Exclusion from patentability of plants
- Exhaustion of rights
- Ex-officio IP office control of anti-competitive clauses in licensing agreements
- Patentability of substances existing in nature
- Patentability or exclusion from patentability, of software-related inventions
- Regulatory review exception
- Research exception
- Security exceptions
- Substantive examination
- Transition periods
- Utility models