Title: | Article 18 (2) no.1 of the Patents Act of 25/06/1993, as last amended in 1997 |
Field of IP: | Patents |
Type of flexibility: | Exhaustion of rights |
Summary table: |
Article 18. Exploitation of patented inventions and industrial designs
2. The performance of the following acts of using patented inventions or industrial designs shall not constitute an infringement of the exclusive rights of patent owners:
1) the use of articles which have been put on the market in this country by a patent owner or by another person with the patent owner's consent;