Section 15 Infringement: marking product with internet linkI1

In section 62 of the Patents Act 1977 (restrictions on recovery of damages for infringement), in subsection (1), after “the number of the patent” insert “ or a relevant internet link ”.

After that subsection insert—

“(1A)

The reference in subsection (1) to a relevant internet link is a reference to an address of a posting on the internet—

(a)

which is accessible to the public free of charge, and

(b)

which clearly associates the product with the number of the patent.”