International registration of invention: legal protection of invention in foreign countries

The registration of invention in IRAN will provides the invention in question a protection at the national level. A potential applicant will need to consider the benefits that may flow from patenting. Perhaps the most obvious benefit is that as a patent confers an exclusive right to make, use, and sell the patented invention for a period of time, itprovides the owner with associated exclusive rights. To prevent a national patent from bing made, used or sold abroad without the prior consent of the owner or the holder of the patent, one must obtain patent that is applicable to the country or countries where the infringing activities take place.This article briefly outlines some of the factorsone should consider if patent protection outside IRAN is desired. To this end, the following subjects are examined: The benefits of filing under the Iranian new Act on patents, Industrial designs and Trademarks and; Paris Convention and patent Cooperation Treaty.