58 References of disputes as to Crown use
Patents Act 1977 (1977 c 37) | Legislation

58  References of disputes as to Crown use

[(1)     Any dispute as to—

(a)     the exercise by a government department, or a person authorised by a government department, of the powers conferred by section 55 above,

(b)     terms for the use of an invention for the services of the Crown under that section,

(c)     the right of any person to receive any part of a payment made in pursuance of subsection (4) of that section, or

(d)     the right of any person to receive a payment under section 57A,

may be referred to the court by either party to the dispute after a patent has been granted for the invention.]

(2)     If in such proceedings any question arises whether an invention has been recorded or tried as mentioned in section 55 above, and the disclosure of any document recording the invention, or of any evidence of the trial thereof, would in the opinion of the department be prejudicial to the public interest, the disclosure may be made confidentially to [the other party's legal representative] or to an independent expert mutually agreed upon.

(3)     In determining under this section any dispute between a government department and any person as to

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