HC Deb 17 December 1919 vol 123 cc607-9
Section Amended. Nature of Amendment.
Section 15. In Sub-section (2) for the word "on the ground of fraud" there shall be substituted the words "by the Court on the ground that it has been obtained in fraud of the first and true inventor or where the grant has been refused by the Comptroller under the provisions of paragraph (a) of Sub-section (1) of Section eleven of this Act or revoked on the same ground under the provisions of Section twenty-six of this Act."
Section 29 For the words, "by themselves, their agents, contractors, or others," there shall be substituted the words, "by themselves or by such of their agents, contractors, or others as may be authorised in writing by them."
For the word "use," there shall be substituted the words "make, use, or exercise." The following words, at the end of the Section, namely "or, in default of agreement, as may be settled by "the Treasury after hearing all parties interested," shall be omitted.
Section 31 In Sub-section (1) for the word "either," there, shall be substituted the word "all."
Section 38 After Sub-section (1), insert: "In any action, application, or proceeding under this Act no person shall be estopped from applying for or obtaining relief by reason of any admission made by him as to the reasonableness of the terms offered to him under Sub-section (1) (i)."
Section 71 In Sub-section (1) for the words "the Comptroller shall on request" there shall be substituted the words "he shall make application to the Comptroller in the prescribed manner to register his title and the Comptroller shall on receipt of such application."
In Sub-section (2) for the words "the Comptroller shall on request" there shall be substituted the words "he shall make application to the Comptroller in the prescribed manner to register such interest and the Comptroller shall on receipt of such application," and the words "in the prescribed manner" shall be omitted.
Section 77 In Sub-section (2) after the words "on oath there shall be inserted the words" and discovery and production of documents."

After paragraph on Section 31, insert

"Section 34 For the word inspection or account ' there shall be substituted the words ' or inspection.'

—Agreed to.

In paragraph on Section 38, leave out the word "insert," and insert instead thereof the words there shall be inserted the following words."—Agreed to.

Lords Amendment: After paragraph on Section 38, insert the words

"Section 45(1) After the word 'inventor' where it first occurs, there shall he inserted the words 'or the reading of a paper by an inventor before a learned society or the publication of the paper in the 'society's transactions.'
In proviso (a) after the word ' invention ' there shall be inserted the words 'or the person reading such paper or permitting such publication.'
At the end of proviso (b) there shall be inserted the words 'or the reading or publication, of such paper."

Lords Amendment read a second time.

Sir E. POLLOCK

I beg to move, "That this House doth agree with the Lords in the said Amendment."

This Clause has been asked for by those who are interested in the case of a person who reads a paper before a learned society and may disclose particulars of a patent. They have asked that protection should be given, as in the case of an exhibition and similar ways of publication, where a thing is exhibited merely for the purpose of illustrating the patent which he has in his mind. It safeguards the person who discloses his ideas in an address to any of the various societies.

Leave out second paragraph on Section 71, and paragraph on Section 77.—Agreed to.

After paragraph on Section 77, insert the words

"Section 91 In Sub-section (5) for the word and ' there shall be substituced the word or."

—Agreed to.