SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 20U.K. Amendments about mergers and related matters

Fair Trading Act 1973 (c. 41)U.K.

16(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..