Title: | Sections 49-50 of the Patents Act No. 8 of 07/10/1999 |
Field of IP: | Patents |
Type of flexibility: | Utility models |
Summary table: |
49. (1) Except as otherwise provided under this Part, the provisions of this Act relating to patents and applications shall apply to utility model cetificates and applications therefore.
(2) sections 8, 10, 28 and 47 (1) shall not apply to utility model certificates and to applications therefore.
50. (1) an invention shall qualify for a utility model certificate if it is new and industrially applicable.
(2) an invention for which a utility certificate is applied for shall not be considered new if it differes from earlier inventions only in minor respects or in details which are immaterial to the function or application of the invention.