歐洲專利權不及與耗盡的筆記

與前篇筆記同一處的其他章節筆記。

• Article 28（先使用權）
• 在歐洲專利EPC合約國內，即便有公開專利，任何人可以保有相關發明的先使用權（right based on prior use），以及私有權（right of personal possession），可以繼續行使該發明。

• Article 29（專利權耗盡）
• 經授予的歐洲專利權不得延伸到已在歐盟獲得專利權人授權上市的產品之後的行為，除非專利權人有合法理由可以反對商品的進一步商品化行為。

出處：
[專利法院協議（Agreement on a Unified Patent Court, UPCA）]（http://www.epo.org/law-practice/legal-texts/official-journal/2015/etc/se5/p327.html）

Article 28

Right based on prior use of the invention

Any person, who, if a national patent had been granted in respect of an invention, would have had, in a Contracting Member State, a right based on prior use of that invention or a right of personal possession of that invention, shall enjoy, in that Contracting Member State, the same rights in respect of a patent for the same invention.

Article 29

Exhaustion of the rights conferred by a European patent

The rights conferred by a European patent shall not extend to acts concerning a product covered by that patent after that product has been placed on the market in the European Union by, or with the consent of, the patent proprietor, unless there are legitimate grounds for the patent proprietor to oppose further commercialisation of the product.

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