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.

(2) The surrender of a patent–
(a) may relate to all or any of the claims made by the patent;
(b) subject to paragraph (d) of this subsection, shall be registered and notified;

(c) shall not be effective until it has been registered; and

(d) if it relates to a patent as to which a contractual licence or licence of right is registered, shall be registered only if it is accompanied by the written consent of the licensee.

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