# Intellectual Property Act 2014, Paragraph 1


(1) In section 5 of the Patents Act 1977 (priority date), in subsection (5), after paragraph (a) insert—
“(aa) an application in or for a country (other than the United Kingdom) which is a member of the World Trade Organisation for protection in respect of an invention which, in accordance with the law of that country or a treaty or international obligation to which it is a party, is equivalent to an application for a patent under this Act;”.
(2) In that subsection, for “such an application” substitute “ an application for a patent under this Act ”.
(3) In that section, omit subsection (6).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2014/18/schedule/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/intellectual-property-act-2014/schedule/paragraph-1
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