European Union
Albania
Patents (including Plant Variety Protection)
29. Please explain how your legislation protects patent right holders against the importing and against the offering for sale of a patented invention.
In Article 27 of the law it is defined: 1) Where the patent concerns a product, the owner of the patent shall have the right to prevent third parties from performing, without his authorization, the following acts: a) the making of a product incorporating the protected invention; b) the offering or the putting on the market of a product incorporating the protected invention, the using of such a product, or the importing or stocking of such a product for such offering or putting on the market; c) the inducing of other parties to perform any of the above acts. 2) Where the patent concerns a process, the owner of the patent shall have the right to prevent third parties from performing, without his authorization, the following acts: a) the using of a process which is the subject matter of the patent; b) in respect of any product directly obtained by such process, any of the acts referred to in paragraph (1)(b), even where a patent cannot be obtained for the said product; c) the inducing of other parties to perform any of the above acts.