The Venetian Patent Statute of March 19, 1474, established in the Republic of Venice the first statutory patent system in Europe, and may be deemed to be the earliest codified patent system in the world.[1][2] The Statute is written in old Venetian.[1] It provided that patents might be granted for "any new and ingenious device, not previously made", provided it was useful.[3] By and large, these principles still remain the basic principles of patent law.[3]
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