Unión Europea

Argentina

Patentes (incluida la protección de variedades vegetales)

28. Please explain whether your legislation provides for the exclusion of inventions from patentability based on ordre public or morality. If so, please explain the relevant section of your legislation and explain its formulation. Please also explain if it has been applied in practice.

Yes, the relevant provisions appear in Article 7(a) of the Law on Patents and Article 7 of Decree 260/96.