Article 29

Exhaustion of the rights conferred by a European patent

Agreement On A Unified Patent Court

Part 1 – General and institutional provisions

Chapter 5 – Sources of Law and Substantive Law


Article 29 – Exhaustion of the rights conferred by a European patent

The rights conferred by a European patent shall not extend to acts concerning a product covered by that patent after that product has been placed on the market in the European Union by, or with the consent of, the patent proprietor, unless there are legitimate grounds for the patent proprietor to oppose further commercialisation of the product.

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