182. False representations regarding Patents

Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.

(1)

Any person who, for industrial or commercial purposes, makes a representation –

(a)

with respect to a patent not being a registered patent to the effect that it is a registered Patent ;

(b)

to the effect that a registered Patent is registered in respect of any product or process regarding which registration has not been carried out ; or

(c)

to the effect that the registration of a Patent gives an exclusive right to the use thereof in any circumstances in which, having regard to limitations recorded in the register, the registration does not give that right, shall be guilty of an offence, and shall be liable on conviction after trial before a Magistrate to a fine not exceeding five hundred thousand rupees or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both such fine and such imprisonment.

(2)

A person shall be deemed to represent a Patent as registered if he uses in connection with the Patent the word

“registered”, or any word or words expressing or implying that registration has been obtained for the Patent.

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