Singapore legislation

Clause 2

of Patents (Amendment) Bill

Clause 2

Amendment of section 2

Section 2(1) of the Patents Act is amended —

(a)

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “corresponding patent”, the following definition:“ “Council for TRIPS” means the Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights established under the TRIPS Agreement;”;

(b)

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “designate”, the following definition:“ “Doha Declaration Implementation Decision” means the Decision adopted by the General Council of the World Trade Organisation on 30th August 2003 on the implementation of paragraph 6 of the Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health adopted in Doha on 14th November 2001;”;

(c)

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “relevant authority”, the following definition:“ “relevant health product” means a patented invention which is a product referred to in —

(a)

paragraph 1(a) of the Doha Declaration Implementation Decision; or

(b)

paragraph 1(a) of the Annex to the TRIPS Agreement;”; and

(d)

by deleting the full-stop at the end of the definition of “scientific adviser” and substituting a semi-colon, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following definitions:“ “TRIPS Agreement” means the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights, set out in Annex 1C to the WTO Agreement, as revised or amended from time to time;“WTO Agreement” means the World Trade Organisation Agreement signed in Marrakesh in 1994 as revised or amended from time to time.”.