There are currently no known outstanding effects for the Intellectual Property Act 2014, Paragraph 1.
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
I1Sch. para. 1 in force at 1.10.2014 by S.I. 2014/2330, art. 3, Sch.
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