Patents Act 1977
PATENTS ACT 1977
(As amended)
An unofficial hyperlinked and annotated consolidated version including the changes made by:
- The Patents Act 2004, as commenced by:
- The Patents Act 2004 (Commencement No. 1 and Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Order 2004 SI 2004 No. 2177 – 22nd September 2004.
- The Patents Act 2004 (Commencement No. 2 and Consequential, etc. and Transitional Provisions) Order 2004 SI 2004 No. 3205 – 1st January 2005.
- The Patents Act 2004 (Commencement No. 3 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2005 SI 2005 No. 2471 – 1st October 2005.
- The Patents Act 2004 (Commencement No. 4 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2007 SI 2007 No. 3396 - 13 December 2007 (Sections 1, 2, 4, 4A, 27, 58, 63, 72, 75, 77, 78, 80, 81 & 130)
- The Regulatory Reform (Patents) Order 2004, SI 2004 No. 2357
- The Medicines (Marketing Authorisations Etc.) Amendment Regulations 2005 SI 2005 No. 2759 s60_5_i|s60(5)(i) and s60_7|s60(7)
- The Intellectual Property (Enforcement, etc.) Regulations 2006, SI 2006 No. 1028 (29 April 2006) 62_3|s62(3), s63_2|s63(2), s68 & s130
- The Registered Designs Act 1949 and Patents Act 1977 (Electronic Communications) Order 2006 SI 2006 No. 1229 s124A
- The Constitutional Reform Act 2005 s97 & s102A
- The Patents (Compulsory Licensing and Supplementary Protection Certificates) Regulations 2007, SI 2007 No. 3293 s128A & s128B
- The Legal Services Act 2007 Section 102
- The Patents Act 1977 (Amendment) Regulations 2011, SI 2011 No. 2059 (Section 118A) (from 1 October 2011).
- The Intellectual Property Act 2014, commenced by SI 2014 No. 2330 (C. 100) (from 1 October 2014) - Sections 5, 20B, 37, 52, 58, 60, 62, 72, 73, 74, 74A, 74B, 77, 88A (new),88B (new), 118, Schedule 4A.
- Intellectual Property (Unjustified Threats) Act 2017, 2017 c.14: Section 70 & new Sections 70A-F, as commenced by The Intellectual Property (Unjustified Threats) Act 2017
- Intellectual Property (Unjustified Threats) Act 2017, (Commencement and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2017, 2017 No. 771 (C. 62) from 1 October 2017.
Prospective changes made by the following have not been implemented:
- The Patents (European Patent with Unitary Effect and Unified Patent Court) Order 2016 (to come into force on the date of entry into force of the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court); and
- The Patents (Amendment) Rules 2016 (to come into force on the date of entry into force of the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court).
- The Patents (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (to come into force on Exit Day).
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