- Title 1 Patent Rights
- Title II Subject Matter and Proprietor of the Patent
- Title III Application for Examination and Grant of the Patent
- Filing of the Application
- Rights Belonging to a Person Other than the Applicant
- Filing with Industrial Property Offices of Foreign States
- Disclosure of the Invention; Microbiological Inventions; Documents to beSubmitted
- Unity of Invention
- Examination of the Application
- Notice Concerning Working
- Appeals
- Legal Actions Concerning the Validity of the Patent
- Publication and Notification
- Designation of the Inventor
- Postponement of the Grant of the Patent
- Obligation to Secrecy Concerning the Patent of Which the Grant is Postponed
- Title IV Patent Fees
- Title V Working, Forfeiture, Waiver and Nullity of the Patent
- Working of the Invention
- Refusal of the Compulsory License; Equitable Compensation; Counterfeits; LegalProceedings
- Obligation to Work the Invention; Lapse of the Patent
- Lapse of the Patent
- Procedure for Lapse
- Appeal Against Lapse
- Presumption of Lapse
- Grounds of Nullity of the Patent
- Effects of a Declaration of Nullity
- Effects of the Surrender of the Patent
- Limitation of the Patent
- Title VI Expropriation
- Title VII Recordings
- Title VIII Administrative and Jurisdictional Provisions
- Competence of the Italian Patent and Trademark Office; Organization andOperation
- Board of Appeals; Composition
- Functioning of the Board of Appeals
- Appeal Fee
- Nature of Actions Involving Patents
- Competence of the Judicial Authority
- Competence of the Public Prosecutor
- Effect of Judicial Decisions and Recording
- Communications to the Italian Patent and Trademark Office; Brief Introducing anAction
- Prohibition of Seizure
- Publication of Decisions; Assignment of Seized Articles
- Payment of Damages; Removal or Destruction of Articles
- Forced Execution of Patrimonial Rights in the Patent
- Sanctions for Fraudulent Acts
- Non-Observation of Time Limits; All Due Care Requirement; Appeals
- Serious and Effective Preparations for Using the Invention
- Title IX General and Transitional Provisions
- Chapter I: General Provisions
- Chapter II: Transitional Provisions of Decree of the President of theRepublic No. 338 of June 22, 1979
- Applicability of the Present Law: Patent Applications and Requests for RecordingFiled Before Entry into Force; Exceptions; Right of Priority
- Applicability of Former Law: Grounds and Declarations of Nullity for GrantedPatents for Inventions
- Non-Expired Patents for Invention; Exceptions
- Regulations
- Amendments to Ministerial Decree of February 22, 1973
Royal Decree No. 1127 of June 29, 1939, on Patents for
Inventions *
(as last amended by Legislative Decree No. 198 of March 19, 1996)
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Articles
Title I Patent Rights ................................................................................................... 1 to 11 Title II Subject Matter and Proprietor of the Patent Chapter I Subject Matter of the Patent ............................................................. 12 to 17 Chapter II Proprietor of the Patent.................................................................... 18 to 26
Title III Application for Examination and Grant of the Patent................................ 27 to 43
Title IV Patent Fees ................................................................................................. 44 to 51
Title V Working, Forfeiture, Waiver and Nullity of the Patent..................... 52 to 59quater
Title VI Expropriation.............................................................................................. 60 to 65
Title VII Recordings ................................................................................................ 66 to 69
Title VIII Administrative and Jurisdictional Provisions......................................70 to 90bis
Title IX General and Transitional Provisions ........................................................................
Chapter I General Provisions............................................................................ 91 to 97
Chapter II Transitional Provisions of Decree of the President of