DISPUTES AS TO INVENTIONS
MADE BY EMPLOYEES
61. (1) An application under subsection (1) of section forty-eight to
determine a dispute as to rights in respect of an invention or in respect of
a patent granted or to be granted in respect thereof shall be made in
Form No. 36 and shall be accompanied by a copy thereof together with a
statement, in duplicate, setting out fully the facts of the dispute and the
relief which is sought.
Application
under
subsection (1)
of section 48
(2) A copy of the application and of the statement shall be sent by the
Registrar to the other party to the dispute, who within three months after
receipt thereof shall file a counter-statement, in duplicate, setting out
fully the grounds on which he disputes the right of the applicant to the
relief sought.
(3) The Registrar shall send a copy of this counter-statement to the
applicant and thereafter, subject to such directions as the Registrar may
think fit to give, the provisions of regulations 26 to 29 shall mutatis
mutandis apply in respect of proceedings held before the Registrar, and
references to the objector shall be substituted for references to the
applicant and references to the applicant for references to the other
party.
62. (1) Should the Registrar decide to hear the application, he shall
Hearing
thereafter appoint a time for the hearing and shall give the parties at least
fourteen days' notice of the appointment.
(2) After hearing the party or parties desiring to be heard or, if none of
the parties desires to be heard, then without a hearing, the Registrar shall
determine the matter in dispute and make such orders for giving effect to
his decision as he considers expedient.
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