HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF MONGOLIAN PATENT LAW:FROM REGULATIONS TO PATENT LAW

Abstract

Patent legal systems essentially verify the creation of inventions andgrantthe inventorsan exclusive right to use their inventionsfor a certain period, as well as allowthird parties with opportunities to use the inventionswith their permission. In Mongolia, the patent legal basisbegan developing during the centralized planned economy of the 1940s. At that time, when all material wealth was owned by the public, private property was not recognized, and the people who invented inventions were not allowed to freely enjoying the benefits of their works, and only the right to be identified as the author.The state takessole responsibility for the implementation of patented inventions forindustry. We intend to conduct a historical analysis of how Mongolia established the legal foundations of patents within a socialist ownership framework.The insight into the historical development of Mongolia's patent system may be helpful in exploring another unique historical trajectory through which the globally implemented patent systems has evolved.