The Patents and Designs Act 1907 (7 Edw. 7. c. 29) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that consolidated enactments relating to patents for inventions, the registration of designs, and certain enactments relating to trade marks. Its provisions substantively replaced the earlier Patents, Designs, and Trade Marks Act 1883 (46 & 47 Vict. c. 57).
The act was enacted on 31 December 1907, and it aimed to consolidate and amend the laws related to patents and designs in the UK. It laid down provisions related to the grant, registration, and protection of patents and industrial designs.Patents and Designs Act 1907, as originally enacted The act encouraged American firms to start manufacturing in the UK by allowing patents to be revoked if they weren't being utilized here.
Provisions Repealed enactments Section 98 of the act repealed 9 enactments, listed in parts I, II and III of the second schedule to the act. +Part I - as from the commencement of the actCitationShort titleExtent of repeal46 & 47 Vict. c. 57Patents, Designs, and Trade Marks Act 1883The whole act, except subsections (5), (6), (7) of section 26, section 29, subsections (2), (3) of section 47, and section 48.48 & 49 Vict. c. 63Patents, Designs, and Trade Marks (Amendments) Act 1885The whole act.49 & 50 Vict. c. 37Patents Act 1886The whole act.51 & 52 Vict. c. 50Patents, Designs, and Trade Marks Act 1888The whole act.1 Edw. 7. c. 18Patents Act 1901The whole act.2 Edw. 7. c. 34Patents Act 1902The whole act.7 Edw. 7. c. 28Patents and Designs (Amendment) Act 1907The whole act. +Part II - as from the date when rules of the Supreme Court regulating the matters dealt with in those enactments come into operationCitationShort titleExtent of repeal46 & 47 Vict. c. 57Patents, Designs, and Trade Marks Act 1883Subsections (5), (6), (7) of section 26 and section 29. +Part III - as from the date when rules under the act regulating the matters dealt with in those enactments come into operationCitationShort titleExtent of repeal46 & 47 Vict. c. 57Patents, Designs, and Trade Marks Act 1883Subsections (2), (3) of section 47 and section 48.
Subsequent developments Section 82 of the act was repealed by section 1(1) of, and part VI of schedule 1 to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1986, which came into force on 2 May 1986.
See also Intellectual property protection of typefaces Registration of Intellectual Property in Ghana Industrial Designs Act, 2003 (Act 660) Outline of intellectual property
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