SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 20 Amendments about mergers and related matters
Fair Trading Act 1973 (c. 41)
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1
Section 90 of that Act is amended as follows.
2
In subsection (1) after “section 74” there is inserted “, section 75K”.
3
For subsection (5) there is substituted—
5
Nothing in any order to which this section applies shall have effect so as to—
a
cancel or modify conditions in licences granted—
i
under a patent granted under the Patents Act 1949 or the Patents Act 1977 or a European Patent (UK) (within the meaning of the Patents Act 1977), or
ii
in respect of a design registered under the Registered Designs Act 1949,
by the proprietor of the patent or design, or
b
require an entry to be made in the register of patents or the register of designs to the effect that licences under such a patent or such a design are to be available as of right.