Title: | Section 17 (3) (a) of the Industrial Property Bill of 1999 |
Field of IP: | Patents |
Type of flexibility: | Exhaustion of rights |
Summary table: |
Rights conferred by patent, ARIPO Protocol Patents, exploitation by Government or person thereby authorized
17.(3) The rights under the patent shall not extend -
(a) to acts in respect of articles which have been put on the market in NamibIa by the owner of the patent or with his or her consent;