Title: | Section 17 of the Patent Law No. 44 of 12/10/1992 - 1413 |
Field of IP: | Patents |
Type of flexibility: | Exhaustion of rights |
Summary table: |
17. The rights conferred by a patent or utility certificate shall cover only acts performed for industrial or commercial purposes. They shall not extend to acts in relation to the protected product once it has been sold in the United Arab Emirates. However, if the patent or utility certificate relates also to a specific use of the product, the owner shall have the right to reserve that use for himself.