Hong Kong Ordinances

PATENTS ORDINANCE - SECT 9

Special provision regarding invention covered by 2 or more patents

(Past version on 30/06/1997).

Where there are in effect 2 or more patents for the same invention, any use of
the invention which does not constitute an infringement of any one such patent
(whether by virtue of consent given by the proprietor, a compulsory licence
having effect under Part VIII, the provisions of Part IX relating to
Government use, an import compulsory licence having effect under Part IXA or
an export compulsory licence having effect under Part IXB) shall not
constitute an infringement of the other such patent. (Amended 21 of 2007 s. 4)