Act No. 28 of 1953
Act No. 82 of 1959
Patents Amendment Act, 1953
Universities Amendment Act, 1959
Act No. 50 of 1960
Act No. 61 of 1963
Act No. 80 of 1964
Patents Amendment Act, 1960
Patents Amendment Act, 1963
General Law Amendment Act, 1964
Act No. 54 of 1967
Patents Amendment Act, 1967
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PATENTS AMENDMENT ACT
NO. 10 OF 2001
[ASSENTED TO 13 JULY, 2001]
[DATE OF COMMENCEMENT: 18 JULY, 2001]
(English text signed by the Acting President)
ACT
To amend the Patents Act, 1978, so as to extend the right of a party to any
proceedings before the commissioner to be represented thereat by an attorney who
has been granted the right of appearance in the High Court in terms of the Right of
Appearance in Courts Act, 1995; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
BE IT ENACTED by the Parliament of the Republic of South Africa, as follows:—
1.
Amends section 19 of the Patents Act, No. 57 of 1978, by substituting
subsection (3).
2.
Short title.—This Act is called the Patents Amendment Act, 2001.
PATENTS AMENDMENT ACT
NO. 76 OF 1988
[ASSENTED TO 33 JUNE, 1988]
[DATE OF COMMENCEMENT: 6 JULY, 1988]
(English text signed by the State President)
ACT
To amend the Patents Act, 1978, so as to adapt the designation of the Minister
concerned; to further regulate the granting of compulsory licences; to make further
provision in connection with the proceedings which may be instituted by a plaintiff for
infringement of his patent; and to further regulate the procedure for an appeal against
the decision of a commissioner of patents; and to provide for matters connected
therewith.
1.
2.
3.
4.
Amends section 2 of the Patents Act, No. 57 of 1978, by substituting the
definition of “Minister”.
Amends section 56 of the Patents Act, No. 57 of 1978, as follows:—
paragraph (a) inserts subsection (1A); and paragraph (b) inserts subsection
(7A).
Amends section 65 of the Patents Act, No. 57 of 1978, as follows:—
paragraph (a) substitutes subsection (3); paragraph (b) substitutes subsection
(5); and paragraph (c) adds subsection (6).
Amends section 76 of the Patents Act, No. 57 of 1978, as follows:—
paragraph (a) substitutes subsection (1); paragraph (b) substitutes subsection
(2) (a); and paragraph (c) deletes subsections (3), (4) and (5).