Hong Kong Ordinances

PATENTS ORDINANCE - SECT 72F

Notification of grant of import compulsory licences and remuneration agreed, etc.

(1) The Director shall as soon as practicable after the grant of an import
compulsory licence under section 72C—

   (a)  give notice in writing to the proprietor of the patent concerned of
        the grant of the licence and its terms and conditions; and

   (b)  advertise in the official journal notice of the grant of the licence
        and its terms and conditions.

(2) The Director shall—

   (a)  as soon as practicable after any amount of remuneration has been
        agreed under section 72E(2)(a) between him and the proprietor of the
        patent concerned, advertise in the official journal a notice
        stating—

        (i)    the amount of remuneration so agreed with the proprietor of the
               patent concerned named in the notice and, where applicable, the
               apportionment of the amount of remuneration under
               section 72E(5); and

        (ii)   that any other person who is entitled to claim remuneration
               payable under section 72E(2) may make an application to the
               court under section 72J(2); or

   (b)  as soon as practicable after he is satisfied that he and the
        proprietor of the patent concerned have failed to agree on the amount
        of remuneration payable under section 72E(2), advertise in the
        official  journal a notice stating—

        (i)    the fact of the failure to agree on the amount of remuneration
               with the proprietor of the patent concerned named in the
               notice; and

        (ii)   that any other person who is entitled to claim remuneration
               payable under that section may make an application to the court
               under section 72J(2). (Part IXA added 21 of 2007 s. 5)