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Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred on Her by sections 90(1) and 124(3) of the Patents Act 1977[1], is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered as follows: 1. This Order may be cited as the Patents (Convention Countries) Order 2004 and shall come into force on 31st January 2005. 2. The countries specified in Schedule 1 are declared to be convention countries for the purposes of section 5 of the Patents Act 1977. 3. The Orders set out in Schedule 2 are hereby revoked. A K Galloway Clerk to the Privy Council Albania Algeria Andorra Angola Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil Brunei Darussalam Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Central African Republic Chad Chile China Columbia Congo Congo, Democratic Republic of the Costa Rica Cote d'Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Estonia Faeroe Islands Fiji Finland France (including Overseas Departments and Territories) Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Holy See Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran, Islamic Republic of Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Korea, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Republic of Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Lao People's Democratic Republic Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macao Macedonia, Former Yugoslav Republic of Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Moldova, Republic of Monaco Mongolia Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands Netherlands Antilles and Aruba New Zealand (including the Cook Islands, Niue and Tokelau) Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russian Federation Rwanda Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines San Marino Sao Tome and Principe Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia and Montenegro Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands South Africa Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syrian Arab Republic Taiwan Tajikistan Tanzania, United Republic of Thailand Togo Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United States of America (including Puerto Rico and all territories and possessions) Uruguay Uzbekistan Venezuela Viet Nam Zambia Zimbabwe Patents (Convention Countries) Order 1994[2] Patents (Convention Countries) (Amendment) Order 1995[3] Patents (Convention Countries) (Amendment) Order 2000[4] Patents (Convention Countries) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2000[5] Patents (Convention Countries) (Amendment) Order 2001[6] (This note is not part of the Order) This Order, pursuant to section 90(1) of the Patents Act 1977, declares the countries specified in Schedule 1 to be convention countries for the purposes of section 5 of the Patents Act 1977. Section 5 of that Act affords certain rights of priority to applicants for patents, and this Order provides those rights of priority to applications filed in the countries specified in this Order. In this Order the term "country" includes colonies, protectorates and territories by reason of section 90(3) of that Act. The majority of the countries specified in the Order have acceded to the International Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property ("the Paris Convention") (as revised at Stockholm in 1967) (Cmnd. 4431) or the Agreement establishing the World Trade Organisation (including the Agreement on Trade Related aspects of Intellectual Property Rights) (Cm. 2556-59, 2561-69, 2571-74). With the exception of Andorra, Saudi Arabia, Serbia and Montenegro and the Seychelles all of the specified countries are already considered to be convention countries for the purposes of section 5. This Order revokes the Patents (Convention Countries) Order 1994 (SI 1994/3220) and the four other Instruments that amended that Order listed in Schedule 2. This Order provides a consolidated list of countries that are convention countries for the purposes of section 5 of the Patents Act 1977. Notes: [1] 1977 c. 37.back
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