Patent And Designs Act 1911
   HOME

TheInfoList



Click Here for Items Related To - Patent And Designs Act 1911
OR:
Patent And Designs Act 1911 on:   [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Amazon]

The Patent and Designs Act 1911 is a law concerning
intellectual property Intellectual property (IP) is a category of property that includes intangible creations of the human intellect. There are many types of intellectual property, and some countries recognize more than others. The best-known types are patents, cop ...
in Bangladesh. It includes several key definitions, including of ‘ Attorney General’, ‘
Copyright A copyright is a type of intellectual property that gives its owner the exclusive right to copy, distribute, adapt, display, and perform a creative work, usually for a limited time. The creative work may be in a literary, artistic, educatio ...
’, ‘Design’, ‘
Patent A patent is a type of intellectual property that gives its owner the legal right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention for a limited period of time in exchange for publishing an enabling disclosure of the invention."A ...
’ and ‘Manufacture’.


History

In the Indian Sub-continent, the Patents and Designs Act was enacted in 1911 mainly on the basis of the principles laid down in the Statute of Monopolies, Patents, Design and Trade Marks Act, 1883 and Patents and Designs Act, 1907. The Patents and Designs Act, 1911, is the main law in force in Bangladesh on patents and designs. Since enactment of the law, the concepts of patents and designs have undergone enormous development through decisions of courts around the world. The Parliament of Bangladesh enacted an amendment to the law in 2003.


Content

The law covers subjects of copyright, enforcement of intellectual property rights, industrial designs, intellectual property regulatory body and patents (inventions).


Format

The formal of the act is divided among the following parts. * Part I: Patents (Sections 3 to 42), * Part II: Designs (Sections 43 to 54), * Part III: General (Sections 55 to 81).


See also

*
The Penal Code, 1860 (Bangladesh) The Penal Code of Bangladesh is the official criminal code of Bangladesh. It is a comprehensive code designed to govern all areas of criminal law. The code is largely derived from the penal code of the British Indian Empire enacted in 1860 by ...
*
Sale of Goods Act, 1930 (Bangladesh) The Sale of Goods Act, 1930 is a commercial law in Bangladesh. The law was influenced by the Sale of Goods Act 1893, but has several additional provisions. Enacted during the British Raj, the law remains largely untouched. It was re-enacted after ...
*
Contract Act, 1872 (Bangladesh) The Contract Act, 1872 is the chief contract law in Bangladesh. Based on English contract law and the British Indian contract law, it was enacted in the 19th century and re-enacted by the Parliament of Bangladesh after the country's independence ...
*
Laws in Bangladesh Bangladesh is a common law country having its legal system developed by the British rulers during their colonial rule over British India. The land now comprises Bangladesh was known as Bengal during the British and Mughal regime while by some other ...


References

Law of Bangladesh Bangladeshi intellectual property law 1911 in law
Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...
{{statute-stub