(1)The acquisition of a licence in respect of a patent is treated for the purposes of sections 587 to 596 as a purchase of patent rights.
(2)The grant of a licence in respect of a patent is treated for the purposes of sections 587 to 596 as a sale of part of patent rights.
(3)But the grant by a person entitled to patent rights of an exclusive licence is treated for the purposes of sections 587 to 596 as a sale of the whole of those rights.
(4)In subsection (3) “exclusive licence” means a licence to exercise the rights to the exclusion of the grantor and all other persons for the period remaining until the rights come to an end.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Ss. 597-599 applied (6.4.2005) by 1988 c. 1, s. 349ZA(4) (as inserted by Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Act 2005 (c. 5), ss. 882, 883(1), Sch. 1 para. 149 (with Sch. 2))
Ss. 597-599 applied (6.4.2007 with effect as mentioned in s. 1034(1) of the amending Act) by Income Tax Act 2007 (c. 3), ss. 910(4), 1034 (with transitional provisions and savings in Sch. 2)