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Patents Act 1977

Legislation Supersedes (7 text(s)) Supersedes (7 text(s))

• Patents Act 1977, (Chapter 37, updated August 21, 2022) (GB583)
• Patents Act 1977 (Chapter 37, updated on March 26, 2021) (GB517)
• Patents Act 1977 (Chapter 37, updated up to October 21, 2020) (GB391)
• Patents Act 1977 (Chapter 37, updated up to October 31, 2018) (GB347)
• Patents Act 1977 (Chapter 37, updated up to March 27, 2014) (GB324)
• Patents Act 1977 (Chapter 37, as amended up to the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988) (GB100)
• The Patents Act 1977 (Chapter 37) (GB001)

Is amended by (32 text(s)) Is amended by (32 text(s))

• The Intellectual Property (Exhaustion of Rights) (Amendment) Regulations 2023, S.I. 2023/1287 (GB594)
• Arbitration Act 1996 (Chapter 23, updated up to January 27, 2021) (GB437)
• Competition Act 1998 (Chapter 41, updated up to March 26, 2021) (GB519)
• Crime and Courts Act 2013 (Chapter 22, updated up to June 4, 2021) (GB520)
• Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 (Chapter 43, updated up to March 16, 2021) (GB466)
• Health and Social Care Act 2001 (Chapter 15, updated up to March 26, 2021) (GB518)
• Legal Services Act 2007 (Chapter 29, updated up to August 4, 2021) (GB540)
• Patents Act 2004 (Chapter 16, updated on August 7, 2021) (GB515)
• The Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Chapter 44, updated up to March 17, 2021) (GB473)
• The Enterprise Act 2002 (Protection of Legitimate Interests) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/1592, as updated up to March 18, 2021) (GB471)
• The Intellectual Property Act 2014, (Chapter 18, updated on March 27, 2021) (GB511)
• The Patents (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/801) (GB389)
• Higher Education and Research Act 2017 (Chapter 19) (GB348)
• The Patents (Amendment) Rules 2016 (S.I. 2016/517) (GB528)
• Patents (Supplementary Protection Certificates) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/2411) (GB491)
• The Copyright (Public Administration) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/1385) (GB493)
• The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (Competition (Consequential, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/892) (GB496)
• The Legislative Reform (Patents) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/1997) (GB490)
• The Patents (Isle of Man) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/2602) (GB241)
• Patents Act 1977 (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (GB209)
• The Patents (Compulsory Licensing and Supplementary Protection Certificates Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/3293) (GB141)
• The Intellectual Property (Enforcement, etc.) Regulations 2006, S.I. 2006/1028 (GB140)
• The Registered Designs Act 1949 and Patents Act 1977 (Electronic Communications) Order 2006 (GB214)
• The Medicines (Marketing Authorizations Etc.) Amendment Regulations 2005 (GB139)
• The Regulatory Reform (Patents) Order 2004 (GB138)
• The Patents Act 1977 (Electronic Communications) Order 2003 (GB219)
• The Patents Act 1977 (Isle of Man) Order 2003 (GB218)
• The Patents Regulations 2000 (S.I. 2000/2037) (GB122)
• Competition Act 1998 (Competition Commission) Transitional, Consequential and Supplemental Provisions Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/506) (GB440)
• The Patents and Trade Marks (World Trade Organisation) Regulations 1999 (GB117)
• The Patents, Designs and Marks Act 1986 (Amendments to the Registered Designs Act 1949 and the Patents Act 1977) (Isle of Man) Order 1989 (GB223)
• Patents, Designs and Marks Act 1986 (Chapter 39) (GB212)

Is implemented by (29 text(s)) Is implemented by (29 text(s))

• The Patents (Fees) Rules 2007, S.I. 2007/3292, updated on December 7, 2024 (GB603)
• The Patents and Plant Variety Rights (Compulsory Licensing) Regulations 2002, S.I. 2002/247, updated on September 13, 2024 (GB602)
• The Patents (European Patent with Unitary Effect and Unified Patent Court) (Repeal and Revocation) Regulations 2021, S.I. 355/2021 (GB538)
• The Patents, Trade Marks and Designs (Address for Service) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Rules 2020 (S.I. 2020/1317) (GB394)
• The Patents (Isle of Man) (Amendment)(EU Exit) Order 2019 (S.I. 2019/1327) (GB535)
• Patents and Patents (Fees) (Amendment) Rules 2017 (S.I. 2017/1100) (GB475)
• The Patents (Isle of Man) (Amendment) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/162) (GB530)
• The Patents (European Patent with Unitary Effect and Unified Patent Court) Order 2016, S.I. 2016/388 (GB531)
• The Patents (Isle of Man) (Amendment) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/559) (GB529)
• The Patents (Amendment) (No. 2) Rules 2014 (S.I. 2014/2401) (GB492)
• The Patents (Convention Countries) (Amendment) Order 2013 (GB243)
• The Profits from Patents (EEA Rights) Order 2013, S.I. 2013/420 (GB244)
• The Registered Designs (Isle of Man) Order 2013 (GB245)
• The Patents (Convention Countries) (Amendment) Order 2009 (GB148)
• The Patents, Trade Marks and Designs (Address for Service) Rules 2009, S.I. 2009/546 (GB145)
• The Trade Marks and Trade Marks and Patents (Fees)(Amendment) Rules 2009 (GB146)
• The Patents (Convention Countries) Order 2007, S.I. 2007/276 (GB505)
• The Patents Act 2004 (Commencement No. 2 and Consequential, etc. and Transitional Provisions) Order 2004 (GB216)
• The Patents Act 2004 (Commencement No. 3 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2005 (GB215)
• The Patents (Convention Countries) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2000 (S.I. 2000/1560) (GB121)
• The Patent Office (Address)(Revocation) Rules 1999 (S.I. 1999/1993) (GB118)
• The Register of Patent Agents and the Register of Trade Mark Agents (Amendment) Rules 1999 (GB188)
• The Patents (Convention Countries) (Amendment) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/2989) (GB082)
• The Patents Rules 1995, S.I. 1995/2093 (GB002)
• The Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (Isle of Man) (No. 2) Order 1990 (GB220)
• The Patents Act 1977 (Isle of Man) (Variation) Order 1990 (GB232)
• The Patents (Companies Re-registration) Rules 1982, S.I. 1982/297 (GB085)
• The Patents Act 1977 (Commencement No. 2) Order 1978 (GB227)
• The Patents Act 1977 (Commencement No. 1) Order 1977 (GB226)

Treaties Relates to (6 records) Relates to (6 records)

• Paris Convention (March 20, 1883)
• WIPO Convention (July 14, 1967)
• Patent Cooperation Treaty (June 19, 1970)
• European Patent Convention (October 5, 1973)
• Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization  (April 15, 1994)
• Agreement on a Unified Patent Court (February 19, 2013)

Historical Versions Repeals (1 text(s)) Repeals (1 text(s))

• Patents Act 1949 (Chapter 87, updated on March 28, 2021) (GB521)