Patents Act, 1992
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Privileged communications. |
94.—(1) A communication to which this section applies shall be privileged from disclosure in any proceeding (including a proceeding before the Controller or competent authority under the European Patent Convention or the Treaty) to the same extent as a communication between client and solicitor is privileged in any proceeding before a court in the State. | |
(2) This section applies to a communication— | ||
(a) between a person, or person acting on his behalf and a solicitor or patent agent, or person acting on his behalf, 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 a solicitor or patent agent | ||
in relation to any matter concerning the protection of an invention, patent, design or technical information or any matter involving passing off. | ||
(3) In this section “patent agent” means a person registered as a patent agent in the register of patent agents, a company or partnership lawfully practising as a patent agent in the State or a person or partnership who satisfies the condition mentioned in subsection (1) or (3) of section 125 . |