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Section 13 Patents and Designs Act 1971 Section 13 of the Patents and Designs Act 1971 is about Registrable designs. It is under ‘Designs’ of the Act. It provides as follows: (1) Subject to this section, an industrial design is registrable if–(a) it is new; and(b) it is not contrary to public order or morality.…
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Section 12 Patents and Designs Act 1971 Section 12 of the Patents and Designs Act 1971 is about Nature of industrial design. It is under ‘Designs’ of the Act. It provides as follows: Any combination of lines or colours or both, and any three-dimensional form,whether or not associated with colours, is an industrial design, if…
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Section 11 Patents and Designs Act 1971 Section 11 of the Patents and Designs Act 1971 is about Compulsory licences and official use. It is under ‘Patents’ of the Act. It provides as follows: The provisions of the First Schedule to this Act shall have effect in relation to compulsory licences and the use of…
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Section 10 Patents and Designs Act 1971 Section 10 of the Patents and Designs Act 1971 is about Licences of right. It is under ‘Patents’ of the Act. It provides as follows: (1) Subject to this section, if a patentee (not being precluded by the terms of any previously registered licence from granting a further…
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Section 9 Patents and Designs Act 1971 Section 9 of the Patents and Designs Act 1971 is about Nullity of patent. It is under ‘Patents’ of the Act. It provides as follows: (1) Subject to this section, on the application of any person (including a public officeracting in the exercise of his functions) the court…
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Section 8 Patents and Designs Act 1971 Section 8 of the Patents and Designs Act 1971 is about Surrender of patent. It is under ‘Patents’ of the Act. It provides as follows: (1) Subject to subsection (2) of this section, a patent may be surrendered by the patentee by written declaration addressed to the registrar.…
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Section 7 Patents and Designs Act 1971 Section 7 of the Patents and Designs Act 1971 is about Duration and lapse of patent. It is under ‘Patents’ of the Act. It provides as follows: (1) Subject to this Act, a patent shall expire at the end of the twentieth year from the date of the…
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Section 6 Patents and Designs Act 1971 Section 6 of the Patents and Designs Act 1971 is about Rights conferred by patent. It is under ‘Patents’ of the Act. It provides as follows: (1) A patent confers upon the patentee the right to preclude any other person from doing any of the following acts—(a) where…
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Section 5 Patents and Designs Act 1971 Section 5 of the Patents and Designs Act 1971 is about Form of grant, registration and publication. It is under ‘Patents’ of the Act. It provides as follows: (1) A patent shall be granted by issue to the patentee of a document containing-(a) the number of the patent…
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Section 4 Patents and Designs Act 1971 Section 4 of the Patents and Designs Act 1971 is about Examination of application and grant of patent. It is under ‘Patents’ of the Act. It provides as follows: (1) The registrar shalt examine every patent application as to its conformity with subsections (1), (3) and (4) of…