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CHAPTER XIV
DURATION OF PATENT
83. (1) Subject and without prejudice to the other Duration of patent.
provisions of this Part a patent shall expire twenty years
after the filing date of application for its registration.
CHAPTER XV
84. (1) Subject and without prejudice to the other Rights of owner of
provisions of this Part, the owner of a patent shall have the patent.
following exclusive rights in relation to a patented
invention:—
Burden of proof 85. (1) Where the subject mater of a patent is a process
to be on the for obtaining a product, the burden of proof in a civil action
alleged infringer.
of establishing that an alleged infringing product was not
obtained by that patented process shall be on the alleged
infringer—
Rights derived 87. (1) Where a person at the filing date or, where
from prior
applicable, the priority date, of the patent application—
manufacture or
use.
(a) was in good faith making the product or using the
process in Sri Lanka which is the subject of the
invention claimed in such application ;
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