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(Amendment) Regulations, 2017 made 17th May, 2017.\nConsolidated and revised this 28th day of February, 2018.\n\nPatents Regulations\nArrangement of Regulations\n\nc\nRevised as at 28th day of February, 2018\nPage 3\n\nCAYMAN ISLANDS\n\nPatents Law\nPATENTS REGULATIONS\n(2018 Revision)\nArrangement of Regulations\nRegulation\nPage\n1.\nCitation ......................................................................................................................................5\n2.\nDefinitions ..................................................................................................................................5\n3.\nRegisters ...................................................................................................................................5\n4.\nDestruction of items ...................................................................................................................6\n5.\nCertificate of good standing 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........................................................................................................................................8\n13.\nPractice directions .....................................................................................................................8\n\nPatents Regulations\nRegulation 1\n\nc\nRevised as at 28th day of February, 2018\nPage 5\n\nCAYMAN ISLANDS\n\nPatents Law\nPATENTS REGULATIONS\n(2018 Revision)\n\n1.\nCitation\n1.\nThese Regulations may be cited as the Patents Regulations (2018 Revision).\n2.\nDefinitions\n2.\nIn these Regulations \u2014\n\u201cfirm of attorneys-at-law\u201d means a sole practitioner, partnership or limited\nliability partnership or corporate body which engages in the practice of law of\nthe Islands; and\n\u201cregister of agents\u201d means the register of registered agents required to be\nmaintained under section 5(d) of the Law and referred to in regulation 3(1)(d).\n3.\nRegisters\n3.\n(1) There shall be maintained in the Registry registers of \u2014\n(a)\nrecorded patent rights;\n(b) inactive patent rights;\n(c)\nexpired patent rights; and\n(d) registered agents in accordance with section 5(d) of the Law.\n(2) The registers referred to in paragraph (1) need not be kept in\ndocumentary form.\n\nRegulation 4\nPatents Regulations\n\nPage 6\nRevised as at 28th day of February, 2018\nc\n\n4.\nDestruction of items\n4.\nItems contained in the registers maintained under regulation 3(1)(c) shall be\ndestroyed seven years after recording or two years after receipt or despatch of any\ncorrespondence relating thereto, whichever is the later.\n5.\nCertificate of good standing\n5.\nA certificate of good standing issued pursuant to section 11 of the Law shall be in\nthe form determined by the Registrar.\n6.\nCorrection of errors\n6.\nWhere the Registrar is satisfied that an error has occurred he may correct a\ntypographical, arithmetical or procedural error in a register maintained under\nregulation 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registered agent for patents\nunder section 6 of the Law shall apply to be recognised as a registered agent\nfor design rights, patents and trade marks.\n(2) The Registrar shall not accept an application to be recognised as a registered\nagent for patents only.\n\nPatents Regulations\nRegulation 9\n\nc\nRevised as at 28th day of February, 2018\nPage 7\n\n(3) Upon approval of the application, the Registrar shall enter the name of the\nregistered agent on the register of agents.\n(4) Subject to paragraph (3), a registered agent shall, on or before the 31st March\neach year, pay the registered agent annual fee prescribed in the Schedule to\nthe Law.\n(5) The requirement to pay the annual fee referred to in paragraph (1) does not\napply to a registered agent who has paid the annual fee as required by the\nDesign Rights Registration Law, 2016 [Law 29 of 2016] or the Trade Marks\nLaw, 2016 [Law 31 of 2016].\n(6) The Registrar may notify the registered agent of the annual fee payable by the\nregistered agent in January based upon the number of patents recorded as\nattributable to the registered agent which were registered as at 31st December\nof the prior year.\n(7) If the annual fee is not paid by 1st April the Registrar may remove the name of\nthe registered agent from the register of agents.\n(8) Any registered agent who defaults in paying the registered agent annual fee\nshall pay, in addition to the annual fee, a penalty of \u2014\n(a)\n33.33% of the annual fee referred to in paragraph (1), if the fee and\npenalty are paid between the 1st April and the 30th June;\n(b) 66.67% of the annual fee referred to in paragraph (1), if the fee and\npenalty are paid between the 1st July and the 30th September; and\n(c)\n100% of the annual fee referred to in paragraph (1), if the fee and penalty\nare paid between the 1st October and the 31st December.\n(9) A registered agent who has been removed from the register of agents shall, in\norder to be re-instated in the register of agents, reapply to be recognised as a\nregistered agent and pay the annual fee.\n(10) A registered agent shall notify the Registrar and any prior registered agent\nappointed by the owner of a patent upon his appointment by the owner of a\npatent and the Registrar shall duly record the fact of that appointment in the\nRegistry\u2019s records.\n(11) The Registrar may require evidence of appointment from a registered agent.\n(12) For the purposes of paragraph (3), in determining whether a person is a fit and\nproper person, the Registrar shall have regard to all circumstances, including\nthat person\u2019s \u2014\n(a)\nhonesty, integrity and reputation;\n(b) competence and capability; and\n(c)\nfinancial soundness.\n\nRegulation 10\nPatents Regulations\n\nPage 8\nRevised as at 28th day of February, 2018\nc\n\n(13) In this regulation \u201cannual fee\u201d means the registered agent annual fee\nprescribed in the Schedule to the Law.\n10.\nPublication\n10. On recording an extension of, or a modification or change to, a right, the Registrar\nshall publish a notice thereof in the next available issue of the Gazette.\n11.\nLitigation\n11. Where any litigation is instituted in the Grand Court in relation to any patent, an\nextension of which is recorded or intended to be recorded in the Islands, copies of\nall process shall be served upon the Registrar, whether or not the Registrar is a\nparty, and shall continue to be so served until the Registrar gives notice to the\nparties that service upon the Registrar is no longer required.\n12.\nForms\n12. The Registrar may prescribe forms to be used \u2014\n(a)\nto apply for the extension of a patent right under section 7 of the Law;\n(b) to apply for the recording of a change of particulars of a recorded patent\nright under section 13 of the Law;\n(c)\nto apply for the recording of a renewal of a recorded patent right under\nsection 14 of the Law;\n(d) to pay the annual fee in respect of a recorded entry under section 12 of\nthe Law; and\n(e)\nto apply to be recognised as a registered agent under section 6 of\nthe Law.\n13.\nPractice directions\n13. 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