REGISTRATION OF UNITED KINGDOM PATENTS [CAP. 80.
Commencement: 13 July 1973
LAWS OF THE REPUBLIC OF VANUATU
CONSOLIDATED EDITION 2004
QR 7 of 1973 Act 11 of 1982
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
SECTION - Application to register patent granted in United Kingdom
- Appointment of Registrar
- Documents required on application for registration
- Registration
- Effect of certificate
- Period for which effective
- Register of Patents to be kept
- Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court
- Substitution amended for original specification, etc.
- Entry in Register of assignment, etc.
- Entry in Register or certified copy to be admissible in evidence
- Register, etc., to be open to inspection
- Power to make rules and prescribe fees
SCHEDULE
REGISTRATION OF UNITED KINGDOM PATENTS [CAP. 80.
REGISTRATION OF UNITED KINGDOM PATENTS
APPLICATION TO REGISTER PATENT GRANTED IN UNITED KINGDOM - Any person being the grantee of a patent in the United Kingdom, or any person deriving his right from such grantee by assignment, transmission or other operation of law, may apply within 3 years from the date of issue of the patent to have such patent registered in Vanuatu. Where any partial assignment or transmission has been made all proper parties shall be joined in the application for registration.
- APPOINTMENT OF REGISTRAR
- There shall be appointed a Registrar of United Kingdom Patents (hereinafter referred to as “the Registrar”) for the purpose of giving effect to the provisions of this Act, who shall be a public servant.
- DOCUMENTS REQUIRED ON APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION
- Every application under this Act shall be made to the Registrar and shall be accompanied by a certified copy of the specification or specifications (including drawings, if any) of the United Kingdom patent and a certificate of the ComptrollerGeneral of the United Kingdom Patent Office giving full particulars of the issue of the patent on such specification or specifications.
- REGISTRATION
- Upon such application being received in accordance with section 3, the Registrar may file the same in his office and upon doing so shall issue a certificate of registration to the applicant.
- EFFECT OF CERTIFICATE
- Such Certificate of Registration shall confer on the applicant the same privileges and rights in so far as may be applicable to Vanuatu as he is entitled to in the United Kingdom and as though the patent had been issued in the United Kingdom with an extension to Vanuatu.
- PERIOD FOR WHICH EFFECTIVE
- Privileges and rights so granted shall date from the date of the patent in the United Kingdom and shall continue in force only so long as the patent remains in force in the United Kingdom:
REGISTRATION OF UNITED KINGDOM PATENTS [CAP. 80.
Provided that no action for infringement shall be entertained in respect of any manufacture, use or sale of the invention prior to the date of issue of the Certificate of Registration in Vanuatu.
REGISTER OF PATENTS TO BE KEPT - The Registrar shall keep in his office a book to be called the “Register of Patents”(hereinafter referred to as “the Register”) in which he shall register the particulars of any document filed showing the number, nature and date thereof