Union européenne

Bahreïn, Royaume de

Brevets (y compris la protection des variétés végétales)

29. Please explain how your legislation protects patent right holders against the importing and against the offering for sale of a patented invention.

Article 11 of the draft Law on Patents and Utility Models provides that the patent holder shall have the following rights: a) Where the subject matter of a patent is a product: The patent holder has the exclusive right to prevent third parties not having the holder's consent from the acts of making, using, offering for sale, selling, or importing for these purposes that product. b) Where the subject matter of a patent is a process: The patent holder has the exclusive right to prevent third parties not having the holder's consent from the acts of using the process, and from the acts of: using, offering for sale, selling, or importing for those purposes the product obtained directly by that process.