Exhaustion of Rights
Art. 20a. (new, State Gazette No. 66/2004; amended, State Gazette No. 64/2006, in force as from 09.11.2006) (1) (in force as from the date of accession of the Republic of Bulgaria to the European Union) The exclusive patent right in an invention shall not extend to acts relating to the product enjoying patent protection, where that product has been put on the market in the territory of the European Economic Area by the patent owner or with his consent.