venetian patent statute

Venetian patent statute. Hist. A law enacted in Venice in 1474, giving an inventor the exclusive right to make and use an invention for ten years. • This was the first known patent law, with procedures for securing and enforcing the right to exclude others from working the invention.

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词条贡献者

译者妍妍，毕业于亚洲顶尖的高级翻译学院，擅长翻译各种与科技、媒体和电信（TMT）相关的法律文件。