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Patents Act, 1978 (Act No. 57 of 1978)

Chapter VIII : Licences

58. Effect of licence

 

 

In default of an agreement to the contrary—

(a) a licence to make a patented article shall carry with it the right to use or offer to dispose of or dispose of the patented article; and

[Paragraph (a) substituted by section 11 of Act No. 58 of 2002.]

(b) a licence to use or exercise a patented process shall carry with it the right to make, use or offer to dispose of or dispose of the product of the process.

[Paragraph (b) substituted by section 11 of Act No. 58 of 2002.]