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The Patents (Convention Countries) (Amendment) Order 2009

S.I. 2009/2746 · Made 15 October 2009

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Patents

Made 15th October 2009

Laid before Parliament 22nd October 2009

Coming into force 12th November 2009

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 15th day of October 2009

Present,

The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Her Majesty, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, in exercise of the powers conferred upon Her by sections 90(1) and 124(3) of the Patents Act 1977f1, makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1977 c.37.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and Commencement
  2. 2Amendment
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and Commencement

This Order may be cited as the Patents (Convention Countries) (Amendment) Order 2009 and shall come into force on 12th November 2009.

2Amendment

(1)

The list of countries set out in the Schedule to the Patents (Convention Countries) Order 2007f1 is amended as follows.

(2)

Insert “Cape Verde” into the list of countries in proper alphabetical order.

Signature

Judith Simpson

Clerk of the Privy Council

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Patents (Convention Countries) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/276) under powers conferred by sections 90(1) and 124(3) of the Patents Act 1977 to fulfil the international obligations of the United Kingdom as a member of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). Cape Verde became a member of the WTO on 23rd July 2008. This Order declares Cape Verde to be a convention country for the purposes of section 5 of the Patents Act 1977.

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