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Patents (Amendment) Bill 1999: Report and Final Stages (4 Oct 2006)

Michael Ahern: I move amendment No. 8: In page 11, between lines 27 and 28, to insert the following: "(2) Paragraph (c) of subsection (1) does not extend to granting a licence to any person to do an act referred to in that paragraph. (3) If the act referred to in paragraph (c) of subsection (1) was done, or the preparations were made to do it, in the course of a business, the person entitled to the right...

Patents (Amendment) Bill 1999: Report and Final Stages (4 Oct 2006)

Michael Ahern: I move amendment No. 9: In page 11, to delete line 28 and substitute the following: "(5) In this section "termination", in relation to".

Patents (Amendment) Bill 1999: Report and Final Stages (4 Oct 2006)

Michael Ahern: I move amendment No. 10: In page 11, to delete lines 34 to 42 and substitute the following: "(a) by substituting the following for subsection (7): "(7) An order under this section for the restoration of a patent may be made subject to such conditions as the Controller thinks fit, including in particular a condition requiring the entry in the register of any matter in respect of which the...

Patents (Amendment) Bill 1999: Report and Final Stages (4 Oct 2006)

Michael Ahern: I move amendment No. 11: In page 12, line 13, to delete "infringing act."." and substitute "infringing act;".

Patents (Amendment) Bill 1999: Report and Final Stages (4 Oct 2006)

Michael Ahern: I move amendment No. 12: In page 12, between lines 13 and 14, to insert the following: "(c) where, after the expiration of the period of extension specified for the purpose of section 36(3) and before the date of publication of the application for restoration of the patent in the Journal under subsection (4), a person— (i) began in good faith to do an act which would constitute an...

Patents (Amendment) Bill 1999: Report and Final Stages (4 Oct 2006)

Michael Ahern: I move amendment No. 13: In page 14, to delete lines 9 to 13 and substitute the following: "concerned, provided that such invention involves an important technical advance of considerable economic significance in relation to the invention claimed in the first patent.". Amendments Nos. 13 and 15 arise from Committee Stage amendments proposed by Deputy Hogan, which I undertook to consider...

Patents (Amendment) Bill 1999: Report and Final Stages (4 Oct 2006)

Michael Ahern: I move amendment No. 14: In page 14, line 14, to delete "Subject as hereinafter provided, where" and substitute "Where".

Patents (Amendment) Bill 1999: Report and Final Stages (4 Oct 2006)

Michael Ahern: I move amendment No. 15: In page 14, to delete lines 26 to 28 and substitute the following: "licence to be granted upon such terms as the Controller thinks fit, provided that:".

Patents (Amendment) Bill 1999: Report and Final Stages (4 Oct 2006)

Michael Ahern: I move amendment No. 16: In page 17, to delete lines 32 to 46 and in page 18, to delete lines 1 to 29 and substitute the following: 27.—The Principal Act is amended by inserting the following section after section 110: 110A.—(1) Where— (a) the Controller is requested to correct an error or mistake in a withdrawal of an application for a patent, and (b) an application for a patent has...

Patents (Amendment) Bill 1999: Report and Final Stages (4 Oct 2006)

Michael Ahern: I move amendment No. 17: In page 19, to delete lines 7 to 16 and substitute the following: "(c) in subsection (5)— (i) by substituting the following for paragraph (a): "(a) under the European Patent Convention a European patent designating the State— (i) is revoked for failure to observe a time limit and is subsequently restored, or (ii) is revoked by the Board of Appeal and is...

Patents (Amendment) Bill 1999: Report and Final Stages (4 Oct 2006)

Michael Ahern: I move amendment No. 18: In page 20, to delete lines 23 and 24 and substitute the following: "subsections (8A) to (8D) shall apply. (8A) The person referred to in subsection (8) shall have the right to continue to do the act concerned or, as the case may be, to do that act, notwithstanding the restoration of the effect of section 119(1). (8B) Subsection (8A) does not extend to granting a...

Patents (Amendment) Bill 1999: Report and Final Stages (4 Oct 2006)

Michael Ahern: I move amendment No. 19: In page 21, between lines 17 and 18, to insert the following: "(c) by substituting the following for subsection (5): "(5) Where between the cesser, by virtue of subsection (4), of subsections (1), (2) and (3) as regards an application for a European patent and the re-establishment of the rights of the applicant, a person begins in good faith to do an act which would,...

Patents (Amendment) Bill 1999: Report and Final Stages (4 Oct 2006)

Michael Ahern: I move amendment No. 20: In page 21, between lines 29 and 30, to insert the following: 32.—Section 121 of the Principal Act is amended— (a) in subsection (4), by substituting "subsections (5) to (8) shall apply." for "he shall have the same protection as if an order had been made under section 37(7).", (b) by inserting the following subsections after subsection (4): "(5) The person...

Patents (Amendment) Bill 1999: Report and Final Stages (4 Oct 2006)

Michael Ahern: I move amendment No. 21: In page 21, between lines 29 and 30, to insert the following: 33.—Section 122 of the Principal Act is amended in subsection (1) by substituting "Where an application designating the State is deemed withdrawn under the provisions of the European Patent Convention because it has not been forwarded to the European Patent Office in due time," for "Where under the...

Patents (Amendment) Bill 1999: Report and Final Stages (4 Oct 2006)

Michael Ahern: I move amendment No. 23: In page 24, line 43, to delete "effect" and substitute "affect". The purpose of this amendment is to correct a typographical error. The context of the provision relates to bona fide use of a trademark before the entry into force of the WTO agreement. It provides that such use does not "affect", as opposed to "effect" those rights.

Patents (Amendment) Bill 1999: Report and Final Stages (4 Oct 2006)

Michael Ahern: This amendment has been considered in conjunction with the Parliamentary Counsel, which was reluctant to create a collective citation as it would be necessary to ensure that all other intervening amendments would be included. There is concern that there may be an oversight if any amendment made in the past 14 years was to be omitted. The fact that the Bill, as published, contained a...

Patents (Amendment) Bill 1999: Report and Final Stages (4 Oct 2006)

Michael Ahern: I move amendment No. 25: In page 25, to delete lines 38 to 40 and substitute the following: "(3) This section and sections i, 2(a), (f) and (g), 7, 10, 12, 15, 16, 18 to 25, 29(c) (ii), 31(c), 32, 34 to 38 and 40 to 48 shall come into operation on the passing of this Act.".

Patents (Amendment) Bill 1999: Report and Final Stages (4 Oct 2006)

Michael Ahern: I move: "That the Bill do now pass." I thank Deputy Hogan and Deputy Quinn for their co-operation. Some changes have been made following the queries and views they raised on Committee Stage. I also wish to thank my staff for the excellent work they have done to ensure the passage of this Bill.

Written Answers — Industrial Disputes: Industrial Disputes (10 Oct 2006)

Michael Ahern: Further to my reply to the Deputy's previous questions on this matter on 28 March 2006, representations were made to my Office enquiring about the Commercial Agents Directive — EC Council Directive 86/653 EEC of 18/12/86 as transposed into national law by Statutory Instruments No. 33 of 1994 and No. 31 of 1997. I understand from these representations that a number of this company's Area...

Equal Opportunities Employment. (11 Oct 2006)

Michael Ahern: Official statistics are not available in respect of the gender of persons who are directors of registered companies. I am aware that recently introduced legislation in Norway imposes gender balance requirements for State-owned companies and publicly quoted companies but that private limited companies are not covered by these requirements. I have no proposals at present to introduce a gender...