Sui generis definition

Sui generis. (Latin) literally means ‘of its own kind’, or unique.26

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 original system of its own kind

Examples of Sui generis in a sentence

• Sui Generis Protection – national, unconventional legal protections for plant varieties.

More Definitions of Sui generis

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 means “of its own kind” or unique.

Sui generis means ‘of its own kind’

Sui generis means ‘unique’ or ‘of its own kind’. Peru is the only country so far to have developed such a law.

Sui generis means a legal concept that is “of its own kind or

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.