63.
64.
65.
PART XIV
SURRENDER, INVALIDATION AND REVOCATION
Surrender of patents.
Invalidation of patent.
Effects of invalidation.
66.
67.
68.
69.
70.
71.
72.
PART XV
INFRINGEMENT
Acts constituting infringement.
Relief.
Declaration of non-infringement.
Threat of infringement proceedings.
Criminal proceedings.
Presumption of use of patented process.
Legal proceedings by licensee.
73.
74.
75.
PART XVI
UTILITY CERTIFICATES
Applicability of provisions relating to patents.
Special provisions relating to utility certificates.
Conversion of patent applications or applications for utility certificates.
76.
77.
78.
79.
80.
81.
PART XVII
UNITED KINGDOM DESIGNS (PROTECTION)
Rights in Tanzania of proprietor of design registered in United Kingdom.
Innocent infringer not liable for damages.
Grounds upon which Court may declare that rights have not been acquired in
Tanzania.
PART XVIII
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Regulations.
[Repeal of R.L. Cap. 217.]
Saving and transitional provisions.
CHAPTER 217
THE PATENTS (REGISTRATION) ACT
An Act to provide for the Patents Registration Act so as to make better provisions
for the promotion of inventivity and innovation for the facilitation of the
acquisition of technology on fair terms through the grant and regulation of
patents, utility certificates and innovation certificates.
[1st September, 1994] i 1
[G.N. No. 457 of 1994]
Acts Nos.
1 of 1987
13 of 1991
14 of 1999
Ord. No. 25 of 1936
[R.L. Cap. 219]
G.N. No. 262 of 1995