Clause 18

Section 69 of the Patents Act is amended by deleting subsection (3) and substituting the following subsection:“(3) In proceedings for infringement of a patent, the court or the Registrar may, if it or he thinks fit, refuse to award any damages, make an order for an account of profits or grant any other relief (including, in proceedings before the court, an injunction) in respect of an infringement committed during any further period specified under section 36(3), but before the payment of the renewal fee and any additional fee prescribed for the purposes of section 36(3).”.