Title: | Section 3 (2) no.2 of the Patent Act No. 837 of 01/12/1967 as last amended by Law No. 159 of 01/04/2004 |
Field of IP: | Patents |
Type of flexibility: | Exhaustion of rights |
Summary table: |
3. (2) From the exclusive right are exempted
2. acts of exploitation of a product protected by a patent which has been put on the market within the European Economic Area by the holder of the patent or with his or her consent; as regards biological material this applies also to acts of exploitation in the form of propagation or multiplication when the propagation or multiplication is a necessary step in the use for which the biological material has been put on the market, on condition that the product obtained is not subsequently used for further propagation or multiplication.