Textual Amendments
F1 Sch. 5A inserted (31.10.2003) by The Copyright and Related Rights Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/2498) , reg. 24(2) , Sch. 3 (with regs. 31-40 )
21U.K.In section 105 of the Patents Act 1977 (privilege in Scotland for communications relating to patent proceedings), omit “within the meaning of section 104 above”, make the existing text subsection (1) and after it insert—
“(2)In this section—
“ patent proceedings ” means proceedings under this Act or any of the relevant conventions, before the court, the comptroller or the relevant convention court, whether contested or uncontested and including an application for a patent; and
“ the relevant conventions ” means the European Patent Convention, the Community Patent Convention and the Patent Co-operation Treaty. ”.]