Estudio Sobre Patentes y Dominio Público (Study of Patents and Public Domain)

This article analyzes the impact of the patent system and the public domain on the development of science, innovation and technology in Colombia. Starting from the structuring of a public policy on the topic, the Colombian government seeks to grant effective protection to creative activity and promote access to and utilization of the technical developments found in public domain patent documents. The main objectives of this initiative are to encourage creation and innovation through the use of the intellectual property system and its promotion as a mechanism for business development and employment generation in the country. In its efforts to attain these goals, the state, through the government entities delegated for such purpose, has advanced in the management and promotion of public domain patent information, by means of training on efficient utilization, search in and use of patent banks. Although this task has generated important progress, it has been insufficient to consolidate the proper utilization of said technological tools and it is necessary to reinforce the strategies and combine efforts so that the use of this information will result in the creation of new technologies or the improvement of existing ones