TNAG-1495-FCO40-2053-Hong-Kong-intellectual-property-regime-1986 — Page 29

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system provides a simple and

cheap form of initial protection and avoids

the need to go through a thorough, and

costly, examination for each application.

But if there is a challenge or assertion of

right, then the validity of the petty patent

can be tested.

(iii) Legal complications over what would be

capable of protection under petty and normal

patents could be overcome by making clear that

both would be available for the full range of

patentable inventions.

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We conclude that there is a strong case

for introducing in the UK a system with the

following features:

easy access to obtaining a property right

through registration;

requiring defence of the validity of the patent

only if it is challenged;

giving protection for a considerably shorter

period than for a normal patent."

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