ИНТЕЛЕКТУАЛНА СВОЈИНА – ЕЛЕМЕНТ ЗАЈЕДНИЧКОГ ТРЖИШТА ЕУ
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY – THE EUROPEAN UNION INTERNAL MARKET ELEMENT

Summary/Abstract: According article 14 EC Treaty, European Community should establish an internal market. Opening markets to each other has meant opening countries. One of the main tasks of internal market is increasing prosperity in the member states of the European Union, and the other could be to bind them more closely to each other. The process of building the internal market began with its economic side. Free movement of goods, services, people and capital contribute to the European economy. These things are often called economic factors, and their free movement – fundamental freedoms. But, the framework of mentioned elements is not just economic. Intellectual property has a special role to free movement, in particular of goods. Also, it has a particular nature. Intellectual property rights confer a monopoly on their owner. The European Court of Justice has offered important solutions on questionable points, for example, what is the "essence" or "specific subject matter" of an intellectual property right, how can this be identified, what is the doctrine of exhaustion, how can be defined the relationship between national rights and European system.

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