Article 34 Process Patents: Burden of Proof

Geldend

Documentgegevens:

Geldend vanaf 01-01-1995

Bronpublicatie:: 15-04-1994, Trb. 1994, 235 (uitgifte: 11-11-1994, kamerstukken/regelingnummer: -)
Inwerkingtreding: 01-01-1995
Bronpublicatie inwerkingtreding:: 19-07-1995, Trb. 1995, 130 (uitgifte: 19-07-1995, kamerstukken/regelingnummer: -)
Vakgebied(en): Intellectuele-eigendomsrecht / Bijzondere onderwerpen

1.

For the purposes of civil proceedings in respect of the infringement of the rights of the owner referred to in paragraph 1b) of Article 28, if the subject matter of a patent is a process for obtaining a product, the judicial authorities shall have the authority to order the defendant to prove that the process to obtain an identical product is different from the patented process. Therefore, Members shall provide, in at least one of the following circumstances, that any identical product when produced without the consent of the patent owner shall, in the absence of proof to the contrary, be deemed to have been obtained by the patented process:

a): if the product obtained by the patented process is new;
b): if there is a substantial likelihood that the identical product was made by the process and the owner of the patent has been unable through reasonable efforts to determine the process actually used.

2.

Any Member shall be free to provide that the burden of proof indicated in paragraph 1 shall be on the alleged infringer only if the condition referred to in subparagraph a) is fulfilled or only if the condition referred to in subparagraph b) is fulfilled.

3.

In the adduction of proof to the contrary, the legitimate interests of defendants in protecting their manufacturing and business secrets shall be taken into account.