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1. Industrial Property Rights System: Nowadays the "immaterial goods" concept expresses the wealth of nations by the notion of technology. Industrial Property Laws establish which features must be required in any intellectual creation to be considered as an "immaterial good" and therefore protected by the law. There are two groups of Industrial Property Rights: On one hand, Patents, Utility Models and Industrial Designs which are explained by industrial tecnique concept. On the other hand, we have Trademarks, geographical indications and the know-how which are different from the industrial tecnique concept.

2. Invention concept in Andean Community of Nations: Decision 344/93 (Comisión de Acuerdo del Cartagena): Patents grant an inventor the right to exclude others from producing or using the invention for a limited period of time. Any invention must be novel, useful and not of an obvious nature to be protected by law. Differences between Patents and Utility Models in Andean Community law.

Fernando Jimenez Valderrama

Abogado de la Universidad del Rosario de Bogotá, Doctor en Derecho, Univerisdad de Salamanca, España. Profesor de la unidad de gestión tecnológica del departamento de producción e investigación de operacaiones, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad del Valle.
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Jimenez Valderrama F. Protección Jurídica de la Propiedad Industrial y la Tecnología en la Empresa. Con Referencia Final al Concepto de Invención. inycomp [Internet]. 2000 Jan. 6 [cited 2024 Nov. 5];2(1):37-48. Available from: https://revistaingenieria.univalle.edu.co/index.php/ingenieria_y_competitividad/article/view/2350