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EnactedRoyal Assentc. 14

Intellectual Property (Unjustified Threats) Act 2017

This bill became lawView the statute on acthub →c. 14 · 27 Apr 2017

Bill texts 3

  • HL Bill 4 (as introduced)Bill · 19 May 2016download soon
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Amendments 40

Committee stage — Lords 20

WithdrawnClause 1EditBillBody

leave out “person who made the threat (T)” and insert “person (T) who made the threat”

Moved: Viscount Hanworth#3712
WithdrawnClause 1EditBillBody

after “do,” insert “or claims to do,”

Moved: Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted#3813
NotMovedClause 1EditBillBody

at end insert “or any other product or process having the same features so far as is material to the alleged infringement”

Moved: Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted#3814
NotMovedClause 1EditBillBody

after “necessary” insert “and proportionate”

Moved: Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted#3815
NotMovedClause 1EditBillBody

leave out “necessary”

Moved: Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted#3816
WithdrawnClause 1EditBillBody

at end insert— take-down from a digital platform by a notice of an infringement sent to or by the platform.”

Moved: Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted#3850
NotMovedClause 1EditBillBody

after “do,” insert “or commissions,”

Moved: Baroness Bowles of BerkhamstedSponsor: Lord Stevenson of Balmacara#3864
WithdrawnClause 1EditBillBody

leave out “contains information that”

Moved: Baroness Bowles of BerkhamstedSponsor: Lord Stevenson of Balmacara#3865
NotMovedClause 1EditBillBody

leave out “solely”

Moved: Baroness Bowles of BerkhamstedSponsor: Lord Stevenson of Balmacara#3867
NotMovedClause 1EditBillBody

leave out “necessary in the interests of justice” and insert “reasonable in all the circumstances”

Moved: Baroness Bowles of BerkhamstedSponsor: Lord Stevenson of Balmacara#3870
NotMovedClause 1EditBillBody

after “that” insert “prima facie”

Moved: Baroness Bowles of BerkhamstedSponsor: Lord Stevenson of Balmacara#3872
WithdrawnClause 1EditBillBody

leave out lines 1 to 3 and insert “statutory regulatory bodies or entitled to legal professional privilege.”

Moved: Baroness Bowles of BerkhamstedSponsor: Lord Stevenson of Balmacara#3874
NotMovedClause 1EditBillBody

after “70C” insert “(except for section 70C(3))”

Moved: Baroness Bowles of BerkhamstedSponsor: Lord Stevenson of Balmacara#3875
NotMovedClause 1EditBillBody

at end insert— In section 70C(3), in relation to an application for a patent, “patent” should be read as meaning “patent as granted”.”

Moved: Baroness Bowles of BerkhamstedSponsor: Lord Stevenson of Balmacara#3889
NotMovedClause 2EditBillBody

at end insert “or using that sign, or causing another person to use that sign, in an electronic communication or publication offering goods for sale”

Moved: Viscount Hanworth#3920
NotMovedClause 1EditBillBody

at end insert— take-down from a digital platform by a notice of infringement sent to or by the platform when it is impracticable to identify or communicate with anyone who has done an act mentioned in section 70A(2)(a) or (b).”

Moved: Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted#3921
NotMovedClause 1EditBillBody

at end insert— giving notice to or by an information society service provider of the infringement of a patent for the purpose of giving notice pursuant to Regulations 18 and 19 of the Electronic Commerce (EC Directive) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/2013).”

Moved: Viscount Hanworth#3923
NotMovedClause 1EditBillBody

leave out “all”

Moved: Viscount Hanworth#3934
DisagreedClause 1EditBillBody

at end insert— commissioning a product for disposal.”

Moved: Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted#3948
NotMovedClause 1EditBillBody

leave out “or (b)” and insert “to (c)”

Moved: Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted#3949

Report stage — Lords 20

AgreedClause 1EditBillBody

leave out “solely”

Moved: Baroness Neville-Rolfe#4094
AgreedClause 1EditBillBody

after “subsection (5)” insert “(a) to (c) for some examples of necessary information”

Moved: Baroness Neville-Rolfe#4095
AgreedClause 1EditBillBody

leave out “it necessary” and insert “that it is”

Moved: Baroness Neville-Rolfe#4096
AgreedClause 1EditBillBody

leave out lines 6 and 7 and insert “If any of the following information is included in a communication made for a permitted purpose, it is information that is “necessary for that purpose” (see subsection (1)(b)(i))—”

Moved: Baroness Neville-Rolfe#4097
AgreedClause 1EditBillBody

leave out “(T)”

Moved: Baroness Neville-Rolfe#4098
AgreedClause 1EditBillBody

leave out “all”

Moved: Baroness Neville-Rolfe#4099
AgreedClause 1EditBillBody

leave out “T” and insert “the person”

Moved: Baroness Neville-Rolfe#4100
AgreedClause 1EditBillBody

leave out “T” and insert “the person”

Moved: Baroness Neville-Rolfe#4101
AgreedClause 1EditBillBody

leave out “to 70C” and insert “and 70B”

Moved: Baroness Neville-Rolfe#4102
AgreedClause 1EditBillBody

after “include” insert “references to”

Moved: Baroness Neville-Rolfe#4103
AgreedClause 1EditBillBody

at end insert— Where the threat of infringement proceedings is made after an application has been published (but before grant) the reference in section 70C(3) to “the patent” is to be treated as a reference to the patent as granted in pursuance of that application.”

Moved: Baroness Neville-Rolfe#4104
AgreedClause 2EditBillBody

leave out “solely”

Moved: Baroness Neville-Rolfe#4105
AgreedClause 2EditBillBody

after “subsection (5)” insert “(a) to (c) for some examples of necessary information”

Moved: Baroness Neville-Rolfe#4106
AgreedClause 2EditBillBody

leave out “it necessary” and insert “that it is”

Moved: Baroness Neville-Rolfe#4107
AgreedClause 2EditBillBody

leave out lines 35 and 36 and insert “If any of the following information is included in a communication made for a permitted purpose, it is information that is “necessary for that purpose” (see subsection (1)(b)(i))—”

Moved: Baroness Neville-Rolfe#4108
AgreedClause 2EditBillBody

leave out “(T)”

Moved: Baroness Neville-Rolfe#4109
AgreedClause 2EditBillBody

leave out “all”

Moved: Baroness Neville-Rolfe#4110
AgreedClause 2EditBillBody

leave out “T” and insert “the person”

Moved: Baroness Neville-Rolfe#4111
AgreedClause 2EditBillBody

leave out “T” and insert “the person”

Moved: Baroness Neville-Rolfe#4112
WithdrawnClause 1EditBillBody

after “the” insert “specific”

Moved: Lord Stevenson of BalmacaraSponsor: Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted#4148