Patents Act 1983 s 19
Sections 4β7 were repealed by later amendments.
s 19 Judicial assignment of patent application or patent
Where the essential elements of the invention claimed in a patent application or patent have been unlawfully derived from an invention for which the right to the patent belongs to another person, such other person may apply to the Court for an order that the said patent application or patent be assigned to him:
Provided that the Court shall not entertain an application for the assignment of a patent after six years from the date of the grant of the patent.
Malay text (authoritative)
Penyerahhakan kehakiman akan permohonan paten atau paten
Jika elemen yang perlu bagi reka cipta yang dituntut dalam sesuatu permohonan paten atau paten telah diperoleh secara tidak sah daripada suatu reka cipta yang baginya hak paten itu dipunyai oleh orang lain, maka orang lain itu boleh memohon ke Mahkamah untuk mendapatkan perintah supaya permohonan paten atau paten tersebut diserahhakkan kepadanya:
Dengan syarat bahawa Mahkamah tidak akan melayani sesuatu permohonan untuk menyerahhak sesuatu paten selepas enam tahun dari tarikh paten itu diberi.
Read this section in the full act β Β· Open Part V β
Find Act 291 on lom.agc.gov.my β
Text as at 1 November 2023 (LOM reprint); amendments made after that date may not be incorporated.
Source: Laws of Malaysia, Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia (lom.agc.gov.my). Not a copy of the Gazette printed by the Government Printer (Interpretation Acts 1948 and 1967, s 61).
