Rights Conferred by the Patent. (1) Subject to the conditions and within the limits set by this Annex, the patent shall confer on its owner the exclusive right to work the patented invention. (2) Subject to the conditions and within the limits set by this Annex, the owner of the patent shall have the right to prohibit any person from working the patented invention. (3) For the purposes of this Annex, the “working” of a patented invention means one or other of the following acts: (a) where the patent has been granted for a product: (i) manufacturing, importing, offering for sale, selling and using the product, (ii) holding the product for the purposes of offering it for sale, selling it or using it; (b) where the patent has been granted for a process: (i) using the process, (ii) engaging in the acts mentioned in subparagraph (a) above in relation to a product resulting directly from the use of the process. (4) The owner also has the right to assign the patent, transfer it by succession and enter into license contracts. (5) In addition to all other rights, remedies or actions available to him, the owner of the patent has the right to institute legal proceedings before the court of the place of the infringement against any person who commits an infringement of the patent by performing, without his consent, one of the acts mentioned in paragraph (3), or who performs acts that make it probable that an infringement will be committed.
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Samples: Agreement Revising the Bangui Agreement, Agreement Revising the Bangui Agreement on the Creation of an African Intellectual Property Organization, Agreement Revising the Bangui Agreement on the Creation of an African Intellectual Property Organization
Rights Conferred by the Patent. (1) Subject to the conditions and within the limits set by this AnnexXxxxx, the patent shall confer on its owner the exclusive right to work the patented invention.
(2) Subject to the conditions and within the limits set by this AnnexXxxxx, the owner of the patent shall have the right to prohibit any person from working the patented invention.
(3) For the purposes of this Annex, the “working” of a patented invention means one or other of the following acts:
(a) where the patent has been granted for a product:
(i) manufacturing, importing, offering for sale, selling and using the product,
(ii) holding the product for the purposes of offering it for sale, selling it or using it;
(b) where the patent has been granted for a process:
(i) using the process,
(ii) engaging in the acts mentioned in subparagraph (a) above in relation to a product resulting directly from the use of the process.
(4) The owner also has the right to assign the patent, transfer it by succession and enter into license contracts.
(5) In addition to all other rights, remedies or actions available to him, the owner of the patent has the right to institute legal proceedings before the court of the place of the infringement against any person who commits an infringement of the patent by performing, without his consent, one of the acts mentioned in paragraph (3), or who performs acts that make it probable that an infringement will be committed.
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Samples: Revising Agreement, Agreement Revising the Bangui Agreement on the Creation of an African Intellectual Property Organization
