Industrial Property Regulations, 2002
PART VI - RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE
APPLICANT OR THE OWNER OF THE INVENTION
Clarification of
application to new
use.
36. For greater certainty, section 54(1)(b) of the Act
applies with respect to a patent that has been granted in
respect to a new use as though the new use were a
process.
“Parallel
importation”,.
37. The limitation on the rights under a patent in section
58(2) of the Act extends to acts in respect of articles that
are imported from a country where the articles were
legitimately put on the market.
PART VII - ANNUAL FEES
Annual fees.
38. (1) This Regulation applies with respect to annual
fees under section 61 of the Act.
(2) A fee shall be paid by submitting the fee along
with Form IP 16.
(3) At least one month before a fee is due, the
Managing Director shall send a reminder that the
fee is due to the applicant or the owner of the
patent.
(4) A fee paid after it was due but within the grace
period granted under section 61(2) of the Act
shall be paid by submitting it along with —
(a)
the form required under paragraph (2); and
(b)
the prescribed surcharge.
(5) If, under section 61(3) of the Act, an
application is deemed to have been withdrawn or
a patent lapses, the Managing Director shall send
a notification to the persons specified in
paragraph (6), within thirty days after the
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