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Patent Act (as amended up to Act of October 8, 2017), Germany
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Year of Version
2018
Dates
Amended up to:
April 19, 2018
Promulgated:
May 5, 1936
Type of Text
Main IP Laws
Subject Matter
Patents (Inventions)
Subject Matter (secondary)
Enforcement of IP and Related Laws,
IP Regulatory Body,
Genetic Resources,
Undisclosed Information (Trade Secrets),
Plant Variety Protection,
Utility Models
Notes
This consolidated version of the Patent Act incorporates all the amendments up to the Act of October 8, 2017, on the Increase of Media Publicity in Court and Improvement of Communication Aids for People with Hearing or Speech Impairment, which entered into force on different dates, in accordance with its Article 6.
Article 4 of the said Act of October 8, 2017, which entered into force on April 19, 2018, adds the words ‘paragraph 1’ after the words ‘§ 169’ in § 59, paragraph (3), sentence 4 under Part III of this consolidated version.
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