Part 8 Patent allowances
Chapter 5 Supplementary provisions
482 Sums paid for Crown use etc. treated as paid under licence
(1)
This section applies if an invention which is the subject of a patent is used by or for the services of—
(a)
the Crown under sections 55 to 59 of the Patents Act 1977 (c. 37), or
(b)
the government of a country outside the United Kingdom under corresponding provisions of the law of that country.
(2)
The use is to be treated as having taken place under a licence.
(3)
Sums paid in respect of the use are to be treated as having been paid under a licence.