Legislation for intellectual property protection and technology transfer

 

Industrial property rights

An industrial property right denotes the protection of the results of technical creative activity (inventions and utility models), objects of industrial art (industrial designs) as well as rights to designations (trademarks and appellations of origin) and, finally, design schemes of semiconductor products (so-called topographies of semiconductor products) and others.

Copyright and related rights

In addition to industrial property rights, intellectual property rights include copyright, related rights and database rights. Comprehensive regulation, including the means of protection of copyright and rights related to copyright and the regulation of collective rights management, is encompassed in Act No 121/2000 Coll., on Copyright and Rights Related to Copyright and on Amendments to Certain Acts (Copyright Act).

Laws and standards applicable in the Czech Republic

• Industrial property rights:
  - Act No. 527/1990 Coll., on Inventions and Rationalisation Proposals
  - Act No. 478/1992 Coll., on Utility Models
  - Act No. 207/2000 Coll., on the Protection of Industrial Designs
  - Act No. 529/1991 Coll., on the Protection of Topographies of Semiconductor Products
  - Act No. 206/2000 Coll., on the Protection of Biotechnological Inventions
  - Act No. 441/2003 Coll., on Trademarks
  - Act No. 452/2001 Coll., on the Protection of Appellations of Origin and Geographical Indications
  - Act No. 14/1993 Coll., on Measures for the Protection of Industrial Property
  - Act No. 173/2002 Coll., on Fees for the Maintenance of Patents and Supplementary Protection Certificates for Medicaments and Plant Protection Products and on Amendments to Certain Acts
  - Act No. 221/2006 Coll., on the Enforcement of Industrial Property Rights
  - Act No. 378/2007 Coll., on Medicinal Products and on Amendments to Certain Related Acts
  - Act No. 408/2000 Coll., on the Protection of Plant Variety Rights
• Copyright:
  - Act No. 121/2000 Coll. on Copyright and on Related Rights
• Public support for research and development:
  - Act No. 130/2002 Coll., on the Support of Research and Development
• Other acts:
  - Act No. 455/1991 Coll., on Trade Licensing
  - Act No. 89/2012 Coll., Civil Code
  - Act No. 90/2012 Coll., on Commercial Companies and Cooperatives
  - Act No. 111/1998 Coll., on Higher Education Institutions

Applicable CTU directives and orders:

In particular, the Rector´s Directive No. 20/2020 for the Protection, Management and Use of Intellectual Property of CTU in Prague and the Rector´s Directive No. ČVUT_PR_2024_03_V01 The System and Methods of Commercialisation at CTU in Prague

Further regulations available at
Internal CTU Regulations
Inforek CTU