Intellectual Property Act 2003 · As enacted · Part IV · Chapter
84. Rights of owner of patent
Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.
Official translationFrom Department of Government Printing, unchanged
Subject and without prejudice to the other provisions of this Part, the owner of a patent shall have the following exclusive rights in relation to a patented invention:—
to exploit the patented invention ;
to assign or transmit the patent ;
to conclude licence contracts.
No person shall do any of the acts referred to in subsection (1) without the consent of the owner of the patent.
For the purposes of the this Part “exploitation” of a patented invention means any of the following acts in relation to a patent :—
when the patent has been granted in respect of a product—
making, importing, offering for sale, selling, exporting or using the product ;
stocking such product for the purpose of offering for sale, selling, exporting or using ;
when the patent has been granted in respect of a process—
using of the process ;
doing any of the acts referred to in paragraph (a), in respect of a product obtained directly by means of the process ;
preventing any person using that process or using, selling or importing any product obtained directly by means of that process unless such person is authorized to do so.
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