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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…
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Section 3 Patents and Designs Act 1971 Section 3 of the Patents and Designs Act 1971 is about Patent applications. It is under ‘Patents’ of the Act. It provides as follows: (1) Every patent application–(a) shall be made to the registrar and shall contain–(i) the applicant’s full name and address and, if that address is…
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Section 2 Patents and Designs Act 1971 Section 2 of the Patents and Designs Act 1971 is about Right to patent. It is under ‘Patents’ of the Act. It provides as follows: (1) Subject to this section, the right to a patent in respect of an invention is vested in the statutory inventor, that is…
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Section 1 Patents and Designs Act 1971 Section 1 of the Patents and Designs Act 1971 is about Patentable inventions. It is under ‘Patents’ of the Act. It provides as follows: (1) Subject to this section, an invention is patentable–(a) if it is new, results from inventive activity and is capable of industrial application; or…