TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government Enacted2002

Patents (Amendment) Act, 2002 Section 44

Insertion of New Section 107a

Section Text


After section 107 of the principal Act, the following section shall be inserted, namely:--

"107A. Certain acts not to be considered as infringement.--

For the purposes of this Act,--

(a) any act of making, constructing, using or selling a patented invention solely for uses reasonably related to the development and submission of information required under any law for the time being in force, in India, or in a country other than India, that regulates the manufacture, construction, use or sale of any product;

(b) importation of patented products by any person from a person who is duly authorised by the patentee to sell or distribute the product,

shall not be considered as a infringement of patent rights.".