S.I. No. 432/2010 - Patents (Amendment) Act 2006 (Section 41) (Commencement) Order 2010.

1. This Order may be cited as the Patents (Amendment) Act 2006 (Section 41) (Commencement) Order 2010.

2. The 4th day of October 2010 is appointed as the day on which

section 41

of the

Patents (Amendment) Act 2006

(No. 31 of 2006) comes into operation.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

8 September 2010.

BATT O’KEEFFE,

Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

This Order brings

Section 41

of the

Patents (Amendment) Act, 2006

into operation. Section 41 amended

Section 29

of the

Trade Marks Act, 1996

by extending the list of Registerable Transactions. (The rules governing entry in the Register of Trade Marks of such registrations are amended by the Trade Marks (Amendment) Rules, 2010).

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

10

th September

, 2010.

I, BATT O’KEEFFE, Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by

section 51

(2) of the

Patents (Amendment) Act 2006

(No. 31 of 2006) (as adapted by the Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2010 (

S.I. No. 185 of 2010

)), hereby order as follows