The first European law on industrial property, the so-called 'Patent Statute', was approved in Venice in 1474 and will celebrate its 550 years on 19 March 2024. The Venetian Patent Statute established the first statutory patent system in Europe, and may be deemed to be the earliest codified patent system in the world. It gave inventors the right to exclusively make and use their inventions for a period of ten years. This was the first known patent law and included procedures for securing and enforcing the right to exclude others from using the invention.
- intellectual property | innovation
- Wednesday 13 March 2024, 15:30 - 17:30 (CET)
- Live streaming available
Practical information
- When
- Wednesday 13 March 2024, 15:30 - 17:30 (CET)
- Where
- Aula Baratto, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice
- Languages
- English, Italian
Description
On 13 March, the celebrations for 'Venezia Brevetti 550' will be inaugurated in the presence of the Ministry of Enterprise and Made in Italy, and there will be the presentation and cancellation of the commemorative postage stamp of the resolution of the Senate of the Republic of Venice on the Part of 19 March 1474, the so-called 'Patent Statute'.
An international roundtable of IP experts will refer to this important development in the history of intellectual property rights, which paved the way for modern patent laws that protect inventors and encourage innovation.
