Patents Act, 1992

Unauthorized claim of patent rights.

112.—(1) If any person falsely represents that any product sold by him is patented, he shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £1,000.

(2) For the purpose of this section a person who sells a product having stamped, engraved or impressed thereon, or otherwise applied thereto, the word “patent” or “patented”, or any word expressing or implying that the product is patented, shall be deemed to represent that the product is patented.