Heiplink

Patents/Utility models/Designs

PATENS ONLY! The following acts shall not constitute an infringement:

Acts done privately and for purposes which are not commercial;

Acts done for experimental purposes relating to the subject-matter of the invention;

Extemporaneous preparation in a pharmacy of a medicine for an individual in accordance with a prescription given by a registered medical or dental practitioner;

Use by a farmer of the product of his harvest for propagation or multiplication by him on his own holding;

Use of an animal or animal reproductive material by a farmer for an agricultural purpose.

The Patents Act 1977, Part 1, Section 60

Industrial Designs

Trade Marks

A registered trade mark is not infringed by the following acts:

Use by a person of his own name or address;

Use of indications concerning the kind, quality, quantity, intended purpose, value, geographical origin, the time of production of goods or of rendering of services, or other characteristics of goods or services;

Use necessary to indicate the intended purpose of a product or service (in particular, as accessories or spare parts); the use in the course of trade in a particular locality of an earlier right which applies only in that locality.

The Trade Marks Act 1994, Part 1, Section 11