Explanatory note

This Order extends to the Isle of Man, subject to the modification in article 2(3), certain amendments in the Patents Act 1949 (c. 87) and the Patents Act 1977 which are effected by Schedule 5 to the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 and extends there the repeal of certain provisions in the Patents Act 1977 effected by section 303(2) of and Schedule 8 to that Act of 1988. Other provisions of that Act of 1988 have already been extended to the Isle of Man by the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (Isle of Man) (No. 2) Order 1989 (S.I. 1989/1292) and the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (Isle of Man) Order 1990 (S.I. 1990/1505).