(Law No. 60 of February 14, 1987)*
TABLE OF CONTENTS**
Sections
Title I: | Provisions Implementing the Hague Agreement Concerning the International Deposit of Industrial Designs............................................................................ | 1 | to | 5 |
Title II: | Revision of National Legislation on Compulsory Licensing for Utility Models, Conversion of Annulled Patents and Harmonization of the Field of | |||
Industrial Designs with the Provisions of the Hague Agreement................................................ | 6 | to | 17 | |
Title III: | Adaptation of Government Granting Fees to the Extended Term of Patents for Models and | |||
Regularization of Conversions ........................................................ | 18 | to | 23 |
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(3) The filing date of the application shall be that laid down in Article 6(2) of the Agreement.
Laws and Treaties, ITALY Texts 1007, 1008 and 2001. ** Added by WIPO.
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The international application must comply with the provisions of the Agreement and of its Regulations and with those of the Administrative Instructions of the International Bureau and must be drawn up in the French or English languages on the forms provided by the International Bureau.
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Even where priority is claimed under Article 9 of the Agreement, the Central Patent Office shall forward the international application to the International Bureau within 60 days of receipt, after having carried out a formal examination.
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1 See section 71, paragraph 4, of the Law on Patents for Inventions, Industrial Property Laws and Treaties, ITALY Terxt 2001.
Item No. 92 of the schedule annexed2 to this Law shall replace item No. 92 of the schedule annexed to Decree of the President of the Republic No. 641 of October 26, 1972, as amended.
2 Not reproduced here (Editor’s note).
(1) In the case of a patent converted as a result of a final decision, the owner shall be required to supplement payment of the fees by payment of an amount equal to the difference between those already paid and those applicable to the patent resulting from the conversion.
(2) Payment is due within a period of four months as from the date on which the conversion decision has become final or may be made within the following six months on payment of the surcharge laid down in item No. 92.12 of the schedule annexed to the Decree of the President of the Republic No. 641 of October 26, 1972, as amended. Conversion of a patent shall give no entitlement to a refund of fees.
If the payment has not been made on expiry of the time limits laid down for making payments referred to in the preceding Sections 19, 20 and 21, the patent application shall be deemed to have been withdrawn as from the last day applicable for the payment of the fee without surcharge.
To meet the tasks deriving from this Law, the Minister for Industry, Commerce and Handicrafts may, pending restructuring of the staff of the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Handicrafts, request other State
administrations, including the autonomous administrations with the exception of the customs administration and the public bodies, even those of an economic nature, to second staff, detailed by name, as necessary up to a maximum of five persons. The expenditure relating to such staff shall remain the responsibility of the original State administration or body.
This Law, bearing the seal of State, shall be included in the Official Collection of Legislative Acts of the Italian Republic. Those persons concerned shall be required to observe the Law and to have it observed as a Law of the State.