Patents Act · s 72

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72.
Proceedings for infringement by exclusive licensee
(1) The holder of an exclusive licence under a patent shall have the same right as the proprietor of the patent to bring proceedings in respect of

Patents any infringement of the patent committed after the date of the licence; and references to the proprietor of the patent in this Act relating to infringement shall be construed accordingly.
(2) In awarding damages or granting any other relief in any such proceedings, the court or the Registrar shall take into consideration any loss suffered or likely to be suffered by the exclusive licensee as such as a result of the infringement, or, as the case may be, the profits derived from the infringement, so far as it constitutes an infringement of the rights of the exclusive licensee as such.
(3) In any proceedings taken by an exclusive licensee by virtue of this section, the proprietor of the patent need not be made a party to the proceedings, but if made a defendant shall not be liable for any costs or expenses unless he enters an appearance and takes part in the proceedings .

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s 72Proceedings for infringement by exclusive licensee

(1)

The holder of an exclusive licence under a patent shall have the same right as the proprietor of the patent to bring proceedings in respect of

Patents any infringement of the patent committed after the date of the licence; and references to the proprietor of the patent in this Act relating to infringement shall be construed accordingly.

(2)

In awarding damages or granting any other relief in any such proceedings, the court or the Registrar shall take into consideration any loss suffered or likely to be suffered by the exclusive licensee as such as a result of the infringement, or, as the case may be, the profits derived from the infringement, so far as it constitutes an infringement of the rights of the exclusive licensee as such.

(3)

In any proceedings taken by an exclusive licensee by virtue of this section, the proprietor of the patent need not be made a party to the proceedings, but if made a defendant shall not be liable for any costs or expenses unless he enters an appearance and takes part in the proceedings .