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ARTICLE · 09 SEPTEMBER 1997

Patents Ordinance - Infringement

Hong KongIntellectual Property
With effect from the date of grant of the patent in Hong Kong, the patent entitles its proprietor to prevent an unauthorized person from doing the following acts in Hong Kong:

  • making, offering, putting on the market or using a product which is the subject matter of the patent, or importing or stocking the product for those purposes;
  • using a process which is the subject matter of a patent or knowingly offering the process for use (knowledge to be actual or constructive i.e. obvious to a reasonable person in the circumstances);
  • offering, putting on the market or using or importing or stocking any product obtained directly by a process which is the subject matter of the patent;
  • supplying or offering to supply a person in Hong Kong with means relating to an essential element of the invention for putting it into effect in Hong Kong when the supplier knows (actually or constructively) that these means are suitable and intended for putting the invention into effect. This does

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