Patents Act · 2023 Revised Edition · Part · Administration
11. Officers not to traffic in inventions
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
An officer or person employed in the Registry shall not buy, sell, acquire or traffic in an invention or patent, whether granted in
Brunei Darussalam or elsewhere, or in a right to, or licence under, a patent, whether granted in Brunei Darussalam or elsewhere.
right
“right”, in relation to any patent or application, includes an interest in the patent or application and, without prejudice to the foregoing, any reference to a right in a patent includes a reference to a share in the patent;
Any person who contravenes subsection (1) is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $2,000, imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months or both.
A purchase, sale, acquisition, assignment or transfer made or entered into in contravention of this section is void.
This section does not apply to the actual inventor or to an acquisition by bequest or devolution in law.
inventor
“inventor”, in relation to an invention, means the actual deviser of the invention and “joint inventor” shall be construed accordingly;
Terms defined in s 2
inventor
Defined · s 2“inventor”, in relation to an invention, means the actual deviser of the invention and “joint inventor” shall be construed accordingly;
patent
Defined · s 2“patent” means a patent under this Act and includes a patent in force by virtue of section 114(4);
right
Defined · s 2“right”, in relation to any patent or application, includes an interest in the patent or application and, without prejudice to the foregoing, any reference to a right in a patent includes a reference to a share in the patent;
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