(1) The owner of the patent shall have the right to institute Court proceedings against any person who has infringed or is infringing the patent.
(2) The owner of the patent shall have the same right against any person who has performed acts which make it likely that an infringement will occur, which in this Part is referred to as an “imminent infringement”.
(3) The proceedings in subsections (1) and (2) may not be instituted after six years from the act of infringement.
Malay text (authoritative)
Prosiding pelanggaran
(1) Pemunya paten adalah berhak untuk memulakan prosiding Mahkamah terhadap mana-mana orang yang telah melanggari atau sedang melanggari paten.
(2) Pemunya paten adalah mempunyai hak yang sama terhadap mana-mana orang yang telah melakukan tindakan yang mungkin menyebabkan berlakunya pelanggaran itu, yang dalam Bahagian ini disebut sebagai suatu “pelanggaran yang memungkinkan”.
(3) Prosiding dalam subseksyen (1) dan (2) tidak boleh dimulakan selepas enam tahun dari berlakunya tindakan pelanggaran itu.
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).
