Patents Act · s 92

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s 92Privilege for communications with patent agents

(1)

A communication with respect to any matter relating to patents —

(a)

between a person and a registered patent agent, a partnership entitled under Part 19 to describe itself as a firm of patent agents or a body corporate entitled under Part 19 to describe itself as a patent agent; or

(b)

for the purpose of obtaining, or in response to a request for, information which a person is seeking for the purpose of instructing his patent agent, is privileged from disclosure in legal proceedings in Brunei Darussalam in the same way as a communication between a person and his solicitor or, as the case may be, a communication for the purpose of obtaining, or in response to a request for, information which a person seeks for the purpose of instructing his solicitor.

(2)

In this section, “legal proceedings” includes proceedings before the Registrar.