Patents Act · 2023 Revised Edition · Part · Legal Proceedings
93. Costs and expenses in proceedings before Registrar
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
The Registrar may, in proceedings before him under this Act, by order award to any party such costs as he may consider reasonable and direct how and by what parties they are to be paid.
Registrar
“Registrar” means the Registrar of Patents and includes any Deputy Registrar of Patents holding office under this Act;
Any costs awarded under this section shall, if an Intermediate
Court or a Court of a Magistrate so orders, be recoverable by execution issued from that Court or otherwise as if they were payable under an order of that Court.
If any person by whom —
a reference is made to the Registrar under section 20 or 48;
an application is made to the Registrar for the revocation of a patent; or
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notice of opposition is given to the Registrar under section 38(4), 41(2), 56(7) or 104(2), neither resides nor carries on business in Brunei Darussalam, the Registrar may require him to give security for the costs or expenses of the proceedings and in default of such security being given may treat the reference, application or notice as abandoned.
Terms defined in s 2
patent
Defined · s 2“patent” means a patent under this Act and includes a patent in force by virtue of section 114(4);
Registrar
Defined · s 2“Registrar” means the Registrar of Patents and includes any Deputy Registrar of Patents holding office under this Act;
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