The Patents (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 No. 801

PART 2 U.K. AMENDMENTS TO THE PATENTS ACT 1977

2.  The Patents Act 1977 is amended follows.

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 2 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1

3.  In section 128A (EU compulsory licences)—

[F1 (a) in the heading for “EU compulsory”, substitute “Compulsory pharmaceutical”;

(b) in subsection (1), for “an “EU compulsory”, substitute “a “compulsory pharmaceutical”;]

(c) in subsection (2)—

(i) for “EU compulsory”, substitute “ compulsory pharmaceutical ”;

(ii) “an EU compulsory”, substitute “a compulsory pharmaceutical”;

(d) in subsection (5), for “an EU compulsory”, substitute “ a compulsory pharmaceutical ”.

Textual Amendments

F1 Reg. 3(a)(b) substituted (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by The Intellectual Property (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1050), regs. 1(2), 27

Commencement Information

I2 Reg. 3 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1

Prospective

F2 4.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F2 Reg. 4 omitted (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by virtue of The Intellectual Property (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1050), regs. 1(2), 28