A patent owner has the following rights:
- In case the patent is for a product:
1.1. the right to prevent others, without the owner’s authorization, from making, importing, offering for sale, selling, or using the patented products;
1.2. the right to prevent others, without the owner’s authorization, from keeping such products for the purposes of offering for sale, sale or use;
- In case the patent is for a process:
2.1. the right to prevent others , without the owner’s authorization, from using that process;
2.2. the right to prevent others, without the owner’s authorization, from actions defined in item 1, for a product obtained directly from the patented process.
- authorize individual, legal entity or organization other than the patent owner to undertake any of the acts described in items 1 and 2 of this Article in Lao PDR;
- to protect their rights under the law and regulations against infringements by others such as to institute court action, [and] right to compensation from damages caused by others;
- to prevent others from exploiting the patented invention from the time that the patent is issued. The owner may bring a suit for acts of infringement occurring during the pendency of the application only after the patent is granted and only for acts occurring after publication during pendency or if the infringer had notice of the patent application.
For petty patent owners, rights shall be applied likewise as to those of patent owner, mutatis mutandis.
