{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-act-1977/schedule-A3/paragraph-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-act-1977/schedule-A3/paragraph-2.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1977/37",
  "legislation_title": "Patents Act 1977",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-act-1977",
  "path": "schedule/A3/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The following provisions of this Act apply in relation to a European patent with unitary effect, subject to paragraphs 3 and 4—\nsection 48 (compulsory licences: general);\nsection 48A (compulsory licences: WTO proprietors);\nsection 48B (compulsory licences: other cases);\nsection 49 (provisions about licences under section 48);\nsection 50 (exercise of powers on applications under section 48);\nsection 50A (powers exercisable following merger and market investigations);\nsection 51 (powers exercisable in consequence of report of Competition and Markets Authority);\nsection 52 (opposition, appeal and arbitration);\nsection 53 (compulsory licences; supplementary provisions);\nsection 54 (special provisions where patented invention is being worked abroad);\nsection 55 (use of patented inventions for services of the Crown);\nsection 56 (interpretation, etc., of provisions about Crown use);\nsection 57 (rights of third parties in respect of Crown use);\nsection 57A (compensation for loss of profit);\nsection 58(1) to (6) and (9A) to (13) (references of disputes as to Crown use);\nsection 59 (special provisions as to Crown use during emergency);\nsection 60 (meaning of infringement);\nsection 64 (right to continue use begun before priority date);\nsections 70 to 70F (unjustified threats);\nsection 73(2) to (4) (Comptroller’s power to revoke patents on his own initiative);\nsection 74A (opinions on matters prescribed in the rules);\nsection 74B (reviews of opinions under section 74A);\nsection 76A (biotechnological inventions);\nsection 77(4) to (5A) (effect of European patent (UK));\nsection 80(1) (authentic text of European patents and patent applications);\nsections 97 to 100 (legal proceedings) so far as they relate to proceedings which do not fall within the exclusive jurisdiction of the Unified Patent Court as set out in paragraph 1 of Schedule A4;\nsection 101 (exercise of comptroller’s discretionary powers);\nsection 102 (right of audience, &c in proceedings before comptroller);\nsections 103 (extension of privilege for communications with solicitors relating to patent proceedings) and 105 (extension of privilege in Scotland for communications relating to patent proceedings) so far as they relate to proceedings before the comptroller;\nsection 107 (costs and expenses in proceedings before the comptroller);\nsection 108 (licences granted by order of comptroller);\nsection 110 (unauthorised claim of patent rights);\nsection 116 (immunity of department as regards official acts);\nsection 118 (information about patent applications and patents, and inspection of documents);\nsection 123 (rules);\nsection 124 (rules, regulations and orders; supplementary);\nsection 125 (extent of invention);\nsection 128A (EU compulsory licences);\nsection 128B (supplementary protection certificates).",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Schs. A3, A4 inserted (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(2)) by The Patents (European Patent with Unitary Effect and Unified Patent Court) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/388), arts. 1(2), 2(10) (with art. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. A3 para. 2 inserted (1.10.2017) by Intellectual Property (Unjustified Threats) Act 2017 (c. 14), ss. 1(8), 8; S.I. 2017/771, reg. 2(2) (with reg. 3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1977/37/schedule/A3/paragraph/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:24:17.133485+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}