PATENTS

CHAPTER 49:02
PATENTS

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

    SECTION

PRELIMINARY

    1.    Short title

    2.    Interpretation

PART I
ADMINISTRATION

    3.    Establishment of Patent Office

    4.    Appointment of officers

    5.    Seal

    6.    Register of patents

PART II
INTERNATIONAL PROVISIONS

    7.    Convention arrangements

    8.    Convention applications

    9.    Special provisions as to vessels, aircraft and land vehicles

    10.    Protection of inventions communicated under international agreements

    10A.    Patents granted under the Protocol

PART III
APPLICATIONS GENERALLY

    11.    Persons entitled to make application

    12.    Form of application

    13.    Complete and provisional specifications

    14.    Contents of specification

    15.    Effective date of claims of complete specification

    16.    Examination of applications and specifications

    17.    Ante-dating and post-dating of applications

    18.    Refusal of application in certain cases

    19.    Powers of Registrar if specification or application defective

    20.    Lapsing of applications

    21.    Acceptance and publication of complete specification

    22.    Opposition to grant of patent

    23.    Substitution of applicants

    24.    Provisions for secrecy of certain inventions

PART IV
GRANT, EFFECT AND TERM OF PATENT

    25.    Grant and sealing of patent

    26.    Amendment of patent granted to deceased applicant

    27.    Date of patent

    28.    Extent, effect and form of patent

    29.    Term of patent

    30.    Extension of patent

    31.    Patents of addition

    32.    Renewal of patents

    33.    Restoration of lapsed patents

    34.    Protective provisions to be inserted in order for restoration of patent

    35.    Endorsement of patent “licences of right”

    36.    Cancellation of endorsement made under section 35

    37.    Compulsory licence in case of abuse or insufficient use of patent rights

    38.    Inventions relating to food or certain other commodities

    39.    Supplementary provisions as to licences

    40.    Use of patented inventions for services of the Government

    41.    Special provisions as to Government use during emergency

    42.    Reference of disputes as to Government use

PART V
SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO SPECIFICATIONS, ANTICIPATION AND RIGHTS IN INVENTIONS

    43.    Amendment of specification by Registrar

    44.    Amendment of specification with leave of Court or Patents Tribunal

    45.    Restrictions on recovery of damages in certain cases

    46.    Savings for anticipation

    47.    Co-ownership of patents

    48.    Disputes as to inventions made by employees

    49.    Avoidance of certain restrictive conditions in contracts

    50.    Revocation of patents

    51.    Consequences of revocation on grounds of fraud

    52.    Surrender of patents

PART VI
INFRINGEMENTS

    53.    Procedure and conditions in action for infringement

    54.    Relief for infringement of partially valid specification

    55.    Restrictions on recovery of damages for infringement

    56.    Remedy for groundless threats of infringement proceedings

    57.    Power of Court to make declaration as to non-infringement

PART VII
ASSIGNMENTS AND CORRECTIONS

    58.    Provisions as to assignments

    59.    Power of Registrar to authorize corrections

    60.    Rectification of register

PART VIII
FUNCTIONS OF REGISTRAR IN RELATION TO CERTAIN EVIDENCE, DOCUMENTS AND POWERS

    61.    Evidence of certain entries and documents

    62.    Requests for information as to patent or patent application

    63.    Loss or destruction of patent

    64.    Exercise of discretionary powers of Registrar

    65.    Proceedings before Registrar

    66.    Advertisements to be approved by Registrar

PART IX
PATENT AGENTS

    67.    Patent agents and their functions

    68.    Qualification and registration of patent agents

    69.    Removal of names from register of patent agents

    70.    Privileges of legal practitioners

    71.    Entitlement to practise as patent agent

    72.    Prohibition of certain acts by patent agents

PART X
PATENTS TRIBUNAL AND APPEALS

    73.    Appeals from Registrar

    74.    Patents Tribunal

    75.    General powers of Patents Tribunal

    76.    Right of audience

    77.    Costs and security for costs

    78.    Appeals to High Court

    79.    Assessors

    80.    Time for appeals

    81.    Rules

    82.    References to Patents Tribunal by Registrar

PART XI
OFFENCES AND PENALTIES

    83.    Falsification of certain documents

    84.    Deceiving or influencing the Registrar or an officer

    85.    Witness giving false evidence

    86.    Prohibition on trafficking in patents by officers in Patent Office

    87.    Unauthorized claim of patent right

    88.    Unauthorized use of certain words

    89.    Penalties

PART XII
MISCELLANEOUS

    90.    Lodging and authentication of documents

    91.    Oaths and affirmations

    92.    Expenses of administration

    93.    Provisions as to fees

    94.    Saving for certain forfeitures

    95.    Patent Journal

    96.    Power to make regulations

PART XIII
APPLICATION

    97.    Application of Act

CHAPTER 49:02
PATENTS

13 of 1957(F)
12 of 1959(F)
36 of 1960(F)
1 of 1962(F)
58 of 1965
9 of 1985
G.N. 5/1964(M)
166/1967

    An Act to make provision…