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Patents Act No. 8 of 2012.

Pays/Territoire
Antigua-et-Barbuda
Type du document
Législation
Date
2012
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Source d'origine
Official Gazette Vol. XXXIII No. 2, 10th January, 2013.
Titre complet
An Act to make provision for the registration of patents and for incidental and connected purposes.
Sujet
Agriculture et développement rural
Mot clé
Commerce/industrie/sociétés Certification Mise en application Droits de propriété intellectuelle/brevets Procédures judiciaires/procédures administratives Infractions/sanctions Propriété Questions de procédures Droits de propriété Enregistrement Cour/tribunaux
Aire géographique
Amériques, Caraïbes, Amérique latine et Caraïbes, Atlantique Nord, Petits états insulaires en développement
Entry into force notes
This Act shall come into force on such date as the Minister may appoint by Order published in the Gazette.
Résumé

This Act underlines that any person may make an application for a patent, either alone or jointly with another. This Act sets forth procedures and principles on the registration of patents by the Registrar in Part II; provisions on the patentable inventions, novelty, inventive step, industrial application, and matters excluded from patent protection in Part III; right to a patent, invention by employee or person commissioned, and judicial assignment of patent application or patent in Part IV; procedures and principles on the application for a patent and refusal or grant of patent in Part V; duration and maintenance of patent and the effects of registration on rights in patents in Part VI; patent or application for a patent as a personal property and joint ownership of patent in Part VII; rights of owner conferred by patent, right to continue use that begun before date of filing or priority, and prevention of indirect use of invention in Part VIII; procedures and principles of voluntary and non-voluntary licenses in Part IX; proceeding for infringement, relief for infringement of partially valid patent, certificate of contested validity of patent, proceedings for infringement by exclusive licensee, and the effects of non-registration on infringement proceedings in Part X; terms and conditions for the invalidation of patent in Part XI; qualification of invention for utility certificate, registration, duration and invalidation of utility certificate, and conversion of application for utility certificate in Part XII; implementation of international treaties in Part XIII; and general provisions such as changes in the ownership of a patent, correction of errors, extension of time, jurisdiction of court, and offences and penalties in Part XIV. Where the public interest, in particular, national security, nutrition, health, or the development of other vital sectors of the national economy so requires, the Minister may decide that, even without the agreement of the owner of the patent, a Government agency or a third person designated by the Minister may exploit the invention. The provisions of any international treaty in respect of industrial property to which Antigua and Barbuda is party shall apply to matters dealt with by this Act and, in case of conflict with the provisions of this Act, the provisions of the treaty shall prevail. The Minister may make Regulations providing for any matter which is to be prescribed under this Act, or for giving effect to the purposes of this Act.

Texte intégral
Anglais
Site web
www.laws.gov.ag