Czech Republic

Under Article 35c of Act 527/1990 Coll onInventions and Rationalisation Proposals(the Patent Act), a European patentdesignating the Czech Republic has thesame effects as a patent granted by theCzech Patent Office in accordance with thePatent Act. The owner of a European patenttherefore has the exclusive right to use theinvention, to authorise others to use theinvention and to assign the patent to others.