HC Deb 15 May 1919 vol 115 cc1811-2W
Sir H. NIELD

asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will consider the advisability of amending the provisions of Section 18 of the Patents and Designs Act, 1907, so as to secure to patentees an extension of the term of their patents where, owing to war conditions, they have been unable to develop and obtain from such patents similar results which, under normal conditions, they might reasonably have expected; and when may such a measure be expected to be introduced?

Mr. BRIDGEMAN

Proposals of the Government upon this question will be included in the Bill to amend the Patents Act which my right hon. Friend hopes to introduce at an early date.