Sui generis definition
Sui generis means "of one's or its own kind." See the Oxford English Dictionary. In law this is a term of art to identify a legal classification that exists independently of other categorisations because of its uniqueness. See Dunway v New York, 442 US 200 (1979).
Sui generis means of its own kind’ and can be a modification of existing IP regimes to cover something previously unprotected or under-protected. It can also be an alternative to conventional IP regimes, which is specifically adapted to the peculiarities of TK: Swiderska K ‘Traditional knowledge protection and recognition of customary law: Policy issues and challenges’ 2004 IIED Background Paper 4, 20-21.
Sui generis. (Latin) literally means ‘of its own kind’, or unique.26
Examples of Sui generis in a sentence
Sui generis as a choice model: It is concluded that the sui generis model rather than a patent system or the UPOV’1991 is the best option for a developing country like Nepal.
S., 'Sui generis options: the way forward' in BIOTHAI/GRAIN (eds, 1998), Signposts to Sui generis Rights, p.
More Definitions of Sui generis
Sui generis means original system of its own kind
Sui generis means “of its own kind” or unique.
Sui generis means ‘of its own kind’
Sui generis is a Latin term which broadly means something is “a class of its own”. In planning, it means that a use is not in any use class and planning permission is generally needed for it to change to any other use.
Sui generis means that the EU is not comparable with any other existing structure.
Sui generis is a latin term which means ‘of its own kind’, ie, unique and individual, in its own class.
Sui generis means unique, or of its own kind, in Latin. Sui generis rights are legal rights tailoured for things that, because of their nature, don't fit into classic intellectual property rights schemes. Examples of these are integrated computer circuits, electronic data bases, folklore or plant varieties. In that sense, sui generis rights are simply deviations from conventional intellectual property rights. The agreement of the WTO on intellectual property (TRIPs) obliges countries to establish monopoly rights on plant varieties, either by patent or some 'sui generis' system.