Patents Ordinance, 2000

Patents Ordinance, 2000 — section 106

106. Repeal and savings._(1) The Patents and Designs Act, 1911 (Act II of 1911) is hereby repealed.

(2)Notwithstanding the repeal of the Patents and Designs Act, 1911 (Act II of 1911) the renewal fee in respect of a patent granted under that Act shall be as fixed thereunder.

(3)Save as otherwise provided in sub-section (2), the provisions of this Ordinance shall apply to any application for a patent pending on the commencement of this Ordinance and to any proceedings consequent thereon, and to any patent granted in pursuance thereof.

(4)Notwithstanding anything contained in this Ordinance, any suit for infringement of a patent, or any proceedings for revocation of a patent, pending in any Court on the commencement of this Ordinance, may be continued and disposed of under the Patents and Designs Act, 1911 (Act II of 1911)as if this Ordinance had not come into force, 1* * *. 2 [107. Acts done in good faith. No suit, prosecution, or any other legal proceedings shall lie against any government employee or any person exercising any powers or performing any functions under this Ordinance or the rules made thereunder for any act or thing which has been done in good faith.

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