UKIPO NEWS/UPDATES
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Section 126: Stamp duty. [repealed]
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Section 128A: EU compulsory licences
128A. (1) In this Act an “EU compulsory licence” means a compulsory licence granted under Regulation (EC) No 816/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 May 2006 on compulsory licensing of patents relating to the manufacture of pharmaceutical products for export to countries with public health... Continue reading
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Section 130: Interpretation
(1) In this Act, except so far as the context otherwise requires; “application fee” means the fee prescribed for the purposes of section 14(1A) above; “application for a European patent (UK)” and (subject to subsection (4A) below) “international application for a patent (UK)” each mean an application of the relevant... Continue reading
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Section 127: Existing patents and applications
(1) No application for a patent may be made under the 1949 Act on or after the appointed day. (2) Schedule 1 to this Act shall have effect for securing that certain provisions of the 1949 Act shall continue to apply on and after the appointed day to; (a) a... Continue reading
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Section 128: Priorities between patents and applications under the 1949 Act and this Act
(1) The following provisions of this section shall have effect for the purpose of resolving questions of priority arising between patents and applications for patents under the 1949 Act and patents and applications for patents under this Act. (2) A complete specification under the 1949 Act shall be treated for... Continue reading
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Section 121: Comptroller’s annual report
Administrative provisions. Before 1st December in every financial year the comptroller shall cause to be laid before both Houses of Parliament a report with respect to the execution of this Act and the discharge of his functions under the European Patent Convention and the Patent Co-operation Treaty, and every such... Continue reading
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Guidance: Patent Prosecution Highway
Published 13 June 2014 Last updated 1 August 2018 + show all updates 1 August 2018 Guidelines added for Brazil. 31 December 2014 Replacement request form added. 13 June 2014 First published. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/patent-prosecution-highway Content Reproduced verbatim from the Website of the United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) as permitted under their... Continue reading