Intellectual Property Bill [HL]

My Lords, I found the Minister’s reply absolutely fascinating, although the intellectual logic of...

To clarify, we will give this very careful consideration but I cannot guarantee that we will move...

My Lords, guarantees in Committee are a luxury that Ministers cannot afford. I appreciate the wor...

My Lords, that was a very interesting debate and prefigured what I am about to say about the ques...

My Lords, I shall be very brief. The beauty of Committee is that entirely opposing propositions c...

My Lords, the noble Viscount needs to offer us some compelling reasons for the creation of a new ...

My Lords, my intention in contributing to my noble friend Lord Stevenson’s debate on whether Clau...

My Lords, Clause 13 will introduce a criminal offence for the deliberate copying of a UK or EU re...

Perhaps the noble Viscount will allow me to intervene. Does the figure of £8.18 million over 10 y...

My Lords, the noble Lord has cited certain figures and I think it would be wise for me to give hi...

I am most grateful to the Minister and apologise for intervening on him again. I just wonder whet...

It is not the case that that would never happen but overall it may be of some reassurance to the ...

Before the Minister concludes, will he remember Scotland? At this stage, I only seek an answer ab...

The noble Lord is quite right. I think it is best if I write to him on a number of the points tha...

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have spoken on this topic, in particular my noble friends L...

Moved by

Lord Jenkin of Roding

24A: After Clause 13, insert the following new Clause—...

My Lords, I hope to be able to deal with this very briefly, as I shall explain. The purpose of th...

My Lords, I rise to speak very briefly. One has a pleasant sense of déjà vu when the noble Lord, ...

I apologise if through brevity I omitted some obviously important facts. We are dealing with icon...

I am grateful to the noble Lord for that clarification. Given that clarification, I have to say t...

My Lords, I turn now to Amendments 24A and 24B. I am grateful to my noble friend Lord Jenkin for ...

My Lords, I am most grateful to my noble friend. Perhaps I may respond very briefly to the noble ...

My Lords, Amendments 25 and 25ZA are grouped together. I am advised by the Public Bill Office tha...

Moved by

Lord Clement-Jones

25: Clause 14, page 15, leave out lines 15 and 16 and ins...

My Lords, I am indebted to the Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys for having drawn my attent...

My Lords, I know that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, and I doubt that the contribut...

My Lords, Amendment 25 would place a requirement on businesses to provide the complete trade desi...

My Lords, I thank my noble friend for that useful clarification. I am sure that it will be carefu...

Moved by

Lord Clement-Jones

25A: Clause 15, page 15, line 28, leave out subsection (4...

My Lords, I am afraid that this is a much more serious issue and I dare say that my noble friend ...

My Lords, although we come at this matter from a slightly different angle in trying to amend the ...

My Lords, Amendments 25A and 25B relate to the patent opinions service. Amendment 25A, tabled by ...

The noble Viscount has just misquoted the section of the Act to which he was referring. If I hear...

It may be helpful if I clarify for the noble Lord that I was speaking in relation to the IPO’s pr...

My Lords, I am very grateful to the Minister for his very full and careful response. However, the...

Moved by

Lord Young of Norwood Green

25C: Clause 16, page 16, line 14, at end insert—...

My Lords, we welcome the introduction of the Intellectual Property Bill and are supportive of its...

My Lords, the amendments tabled by the noble Lords, Lord Stevenson of Balmacara and Lord Young of...

I thank the Minister for that very comprehensive and constructive response. He has shed light on ...

Moved by

Lord Stevenson of Balmacara

25E: Clause 17, page 16, line 36, leave out from...

My Lords, Clause 17 relates to the exchange of information with other patent offices. The idea be...

My Lords, Clause 17 will allow the Intellectual Property Office to share patent information on un...

I thank the Minister for his very full response to the amendment. I think we are very close on a ...