Title: | Sections 15 and 16 (1) and (2) of the Patents, Utility Models and Industrial Designs Act No. 6 of 04/09/1997 |
Field of IP: | Patents |
Type of flexibility: | Utility models |
Summary table: |
Applicability of provisions relating to patents.
15. (1) Subject to section 16, the provisions of Part I shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to utility model certificates or applications therefor.
(2) Where the right to a patent conflicts with the right to a utility model certificate in the case referred to in section 5 (3), that section shall apply as if the word "patent" were replaced by the word patent or utility model certificate".
Special provisions relating to utility model certificates.
16.- (1) (a) An invention qualifies for a utility model certificate if it is new and industrially applicable.
(b) Section 4 (1) and (3) shall not apply in the case of inventions for which utility model certificates are requested.
(2) Section 10 (4) shall not apply in the case of application for utility model certificates.