VII. Language.

Exercise 14. Match words and word-combinations in column A with those in column B.

Improvement Utility patent Software patent Jurisdiction Design patent Petty patent Evidence of right Printing privilege Patent application International agreement

утилітарний, простий патент судочинство міжнародна угода правовий документ патент на програмне забезпечення прохання про надання патенту покращення патент на проект, задум обмежений патент право на друк

Exercise 15. Find the terms in the text for the following definitions. Translate the sentences.

1) ….. refers to a right granted to anyone who invents or discovers any new and useful process, machine, article of manufacture, etc.

2) Industrial design rights are called ….. .

3) Plant breeder’s rights are sometimes called ….. .

4) ….. refer sometimes to utility models.

5) Certain grants made by the monarch in pursuance of the royal prerogative were called ….. .

6) …… is evidence of right, title and/or interest to a tract of a land.

7) …. was an exclusive right to print a work or a class of works.

8) ….. is a request pending at a patent office for the grant of a patent for the invention described and claimed by that application.

VIII. Comprehension.

Exercise 16. Agree or disagree with the following statements:

1) Examples of particular species of patents for inventions include printing patent and patent application.

2) Certain grants made by the monarch in pursuance of the royal prerogative were sometimes called letters patent.

3) A land patent was an exclusive right to print a work or a class of works.

4) A patent application is an industrial design right.

5) The procedure for granting patents, the requirements placed on the patentee, and the extent of the exclusive rights vary widely between countries.

6) The exclusive right granted to a patentee in most countries is the right to permit others to sell, to use or to distribute the patented invention.

7) According to the WTO Agreement patents should be available in WTO member states for only some inventions and the term of protection should be the minimum five years.

Exercise 17. Answer the following questions to the text B:

1. What is a patent?

2. Why is the term “utility patent” used?

3. What other types of intellectual property rights are offered to as patents in some jurisdictions?

4. What other meanings reflect the original meaning of letters patent in a broader scope?

5. What does a patent application consist of?

6. What term is used to describe the process of applying for a patent?

7. Are certain subject areas, such as business methods and mental acts excluded from patents?

8. How many years should the patent be protected?

IX. Speaking.

Exercise 18. Describe the procedure for granting patents. Use the following expressions: “ It is important to say..”; “ It should be stressed…”; “ Summing up…”; “ It should be noted…”; etc.

Exercise 19. Speak about different types of patents using the questions from ex. 17.

Exercise 20. Role-play. Act out a dialogue. Imagine that you have invented something and want to protect your invention. Describe your invention at a patent office to obtain a patent. Describe the procedure of getting patent.