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- From: Steve Probert steve.probert@patent.gov.uk
- Subject: [Patents] Prior use
- Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 12:21:46 +0000
PILCH Hartmut wrote:
>..... everybody would be able to use the patented method for
>free and do whatever he wants with it, because I, using my prior
>use right, have transferred this right to him.
In the UK (at least), you would not be able to transfer such a right to
other people in this way. Section 64(1) of the Patents Act specifically
states that .... "this right (ie the right to continue use begun before
priority date) does not extend to granting a licence to another person
to do the act."
--
Steve Probert
Deputy Director
The Patent Office
- [Patents] Prior use, Steve Probert steve . probert
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