Patents Act, 1992

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Communication of information to European Patent Office, etc.

131.—No enactment, whether passed before or after the passing of this Act, shall be construed as making it unlawful to communicate the following information in pursuance of the European Patent Convention to the European Patent Office or the authority competent to receive such information in any country which is party to that convention, that is to say—

(a) information in the files of the Court which, in accordance with rules of court, the Court authorizes to be so communicated,

(b) information in the files of the Office which, in accordance with rules made under this Act in that behalf, the Controller authorizes to be so communicated.