Norway

Patents Act (Act No. 9 of December 15, 1967, as amended up to Act No. 8 of July 1, 2010)

Year of current version:	2010
Date of entry into force of original text:	January 1, 1968
Date of Text (Enacted):	December 15, 1967
Type of Text:	Main IP Laws: enacted by the Legislature
Subject Matter:	Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), Competition, Copyright and Related Rights (Neighboring Rights), Enforcement of IP and Related Laws, Genetic Resources, Industrial Property, IP Regulatory Body, Patents (Inventions), Plant Variety Protection, Traditional Cultural Expressions, Traditional Knowledge (TK), Undisclosed Information (Trade Secrets)
Notes:	This consolidated version of The Norwegian Patents Act incorporates the amendments since its promulgation in 1967 up to 2010.
Available Texts:
English	Patents Act (Act No. 9 of December 15, 1967, as amended up to Act No. 8 of July 1, 2010)
Norwegian	Lov-1967-12-15-9: Lov om patenter (patentloven), (sist-endret: 1. juli 2010)
Related Legislation:	Supersedes Patents Act (Act No. 9 of December 15, 1967, as last amended by Act No. 80 of June 29, 2007) (NO075) Patents Act (Act No. 9 of 15 December, 1967, as last amended by Act No. 20 of May 2004) (NO056) Patents Act (Act No. 9 of 15 December, 1967, as last amended by Act No. 104 of December 20,1996) (NO047) Patents Act (Act No. 9 of December 15, 1967, as last amended by Act No. 40 of June 24, 1994) (NO001) Relates to Regulations No. 333 of March 26, 2014, relating to Payments etc. to the Norwegian Industrial Property Office and the Board of Appeal for Industrial Property Rights (NO123) Regulations No. 1417 of December 14, 2007, to the Norwegian Patents Act (the Patent Regulations, as last amended in 2014) (NO124) Designs Act (Act No. 15 relating to Design Protection of March 14, 2003, as last amended in 2014) (NO102) Regulations No. 1646 of December 13, 2010 on Fees of the Norwegian Industrial Property Office, etc. (NO118) Designs Act (Act No. 15 relating to Design Protection of March 14, 2003, as last amended July 1, 2010) (NO082) Law on Employees' Inventions (Act No. 21 of April 17, 1970, as last amended on January 1, 2008) (NO092) Patent Regulations No. 1162 of 20 December 1996 (Extract) (NO061) Act No. 86 of 26 June 1992 relating to Enforcement and Provisional Security (the Enforcement Act) (NO034) Act on Inventions of Importance to the Defence of the Realm (Act No. 8 of June 26, 1953, as amended by Acts No. 9 of December 15, 1967, and No. 30 of May 24, 1985) (NO014) Is amended by Act on the Board of Appeals of the Norwegian Industrial Property Office (Act N° 58 of June 22, 2012) (NO121) Amendments to the Norwegian Patents Act and Patent Regulations (Extract) (NO060) Amendments to the Legislation on Industrial Property (Extract) (NO012)
WIPO Lex No.:	NO107

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