European Union
United Arab Emirates
Patents (including Plant Variety Protection)
33. Please describe if your legislation provides for limited exceptions to the exclusive rights conferred by a patent. If affirmative, please make a reference to relevant legislation.
The Patent Law No. 44 does not provide any exception to the exclusive rights conferred by a patent. However, the foreseen amendment to the law will introduce some exceptions in this regard. It will state that the rights entitled by the letters patent shall not apply on scientific research and the use of the subject of the patent in transportation vehicles that enter UAE temporarily or contingently, provided that the use is restricted to the needs of such vehicles.