Patents and Designs Act. Country/Territory Malta Document type Legislation Date 2000 (2003) Source FAO, FAOLEX Long titleAn Act to make provision for the registration and regulation of patents and designs. Subject Agricultural & rural development, Food & nutrition, Cultivated plants Keyword Basic legislation Intellectual property rights/patents Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Offences/penalties Geographical area Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Mediterranean, Southern Europe Abstract This Act lays down provisions in matter of patents and designs and establishes rules for their registration. The Act is composed of the following Parts: (I) Designation; (II) Definitions; (III) The Office of the Comptroller; (IV) Patentability; (V) Right to apply for and obtain a patent and be mentioned as inventor; (VI) Applications; (VII) Examination and grant of refusal; (VIII) Effects of a patent application and a patent; (IX) Assignment of patents; (X) Contractual licences and licences of right; (XI) Non-voluntary licences and Government explotation; (XII) Amendments, surrender and invalidation; (XIII) Re-establishment of rights; (XIV) Infringements – Civil actions; (XV) Infringements – Criminal actions; (XVI) Right of appeal; (XVII) Miscellaneous; (XVIII) Interpretation; (XIX) Registrability; (XX) Applications; (XXI) Administrative and supplementary provisions; (XXII) Infringement; (XXIII) General provisions; (XXIV) Regulations. Full text English Website www.legal-malta.com