Intellectual Property Act 2014 (c. 18)

SCHEDULE U.K. Minor amendments to the Patents Act 1977

Patent applications in or for WTO members U.K.

1 (1) In section 5 of the Patents Act 1977 (priority date), in subsection (5), after paragraph (a) insert— U.K.

“(aa) an application in or for a country (other than the United Kingdom) which is a member of the World Trade Organisation for protection in respect of an invention which, in accordance with the law of that country or a treaty or international obligation to which it is a party, is equivalent to an application for a patent under this Act;”.

(2) In that subsection, for “such an application” substitute “ an application for a patent under this Act ”.

(3) In that section, omit subsection (6).

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. para. 1 in force at 1.10.2014 by S.I. 2014/2330, art. 3, Sch.