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Patents (Amendment) Act 2002 (Act No. 21 of 2002), Fiji

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Details Details Year of Version 2002 Dates Entry into force: September 3, 2002 Adopted: August 21, 2002 Type of Text Main IP Laws Subject Matter Patents (Inventions), Enforcement of IP and Related Laws Notes The notification by Fiji to the WTO under Article 63.2 of TRIPS states:
'[This Amendment Law] introduces an exception to the infringement of patent rights for any person who makes, constructs, uses or sells pharmaceutical products solely for uses reasonably related to the development and submission of information required under any laws of Fiji or another country.'

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FIJI ISLANDS

PATENTS (AMENDMENT) ACT 2002

ACT NO. 21 OF 2002

I assent.

[L.S.]

J.I. ULUIVUDA

President

[3 September 2002]

AN ACT

TO AMEND THE PATENTS ACT

ENACTED by the Parliament of the Fiji Islands

Part I PRELIMINARY

Short title, etc

1. This Act may be cited as the Patents (Amendment) Act 2002 and commences on a date

appointed by the Minister by notice in the Gazette.

New section inserted

2. The Patents Act (Cap. 239) is amended by inserting after section 3 the following section­

"Exceptions to infringement of patent rights

3A. Notwithstanding section 3, it is not an infringement of patents in pharmaceuticals for

any person to make, construct, use or sell the patented invention in respect of a

pharmaceutical product or substance, solely for uses reasonably related to the

development and submission of information required under any law of the Fiji Islands or

of another country that regulates the manufacture, construction, use or sale of such

pharmaceutical product or substance."

Passed by the House of Representatives this 9 th

day of August 2002.

Passed by the Senate this 21 st

day of August 2002.

Legislation Amends (1 text(s)) Amends (1 text(s)) WTO Document Reference
IP/N/1/HKG/5
IP/N/1/HKG/P/2
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