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Law No. 14 of 2006 amending Law No. 1 of 2004 on patents and utility models.

Country/Territory
Bahrain
Document type
Legislation
Date
2006
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Official Gazette No. 2741, 31 May 2006, 12 pp
Subject
Cultivated plants
Keyword
Intellectual property rights/patents Offences/penalties Registration Royalties/fees
Geographical area
Asia, Middle East, Near East and North Africa, Persian Gulf, Small Island Developing States, Western Asia
Entry into force notes
This Law enters into force on the day after its publication in the Official Gazette.
Abstract

This Law amends articles 2 to 5, 13 14, 16, 19, 21, 24 to 26, 29, 31, 32, 34, 36 to 42 of Law No. 1 of 2004 on patents and utility models in particular: requirements and conditions for the consideration of an invention a new; patents shall not be granted when it is dangerous and harmful to the public health, animals, plants and environment; establishment of the Patent Register; procedures and steps for submitting of applications for patents; rights of patentees; validity of patents; procedures and measures for granting patents; the competent Minister may grant compulsory patents; uses of patents; cases of the revocation of patents; procedures for lodging a complaints; paten fees; offences and penalties; the sentence “ the Competent Authority at the Ministry of Trade” shall replace “the Competent Authority for Industrial Property”; and, addition of Chapter VI to Section I related to the World Registration.

Full text
Arabic
Website
www.legalaffairs.gov.bh

References - Legislation

Amends

Law No. 1 of 2004 on Patents and Utilization Instruments.

Legislation | Bahrain | 2004

Keyword: Intellectual property rights/patents, Offences/penalties, Registration, Royalties/fees

Source: FAO, FAOLEX