BSS :
The Bangladesh Patent Bill, 2021 was placed in the Jatiya Sangsad (JS) on Sunday with a provision of inserting time befitting rules and regulations in the law repealing the existing Patent and Design Act.
Industries Minister Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun placed the bill in the House with JS Speaker Jatiya Sangsad Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury in the chair.
Later, the bill was sent to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Ministry of Industries for scrutiny. Besides, Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Ministry of Finance Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali placed reports on the Bangladesh House Building Finance Corporation (amendment) Bill, 2021 and the Bankers’ Book Evidence Bill 2021.
Chairmen of respective parliamentary standing committees of the ministries concerned also placed separate reports on the Highways Bill, 2021, the Mongla Port Authority Bill, 2021, the Leader and Deputy Leader of the Opposition (Remuneration and Privileges) Bill, 2021 and the Special Security Force (SSF) Bill, 2021 in the House. UNB adds: Bangladesh Patents Bill, 2021 was placed in Parliament aiming to make the century-old patent law more time-befitting one and strengthen the safeguard of intellectual property rights.
Industries Minister Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun placed the bill in the House, which was sent to the respective parliamentary standing committee for further scrutiny. The committee was asked to submit its report within 30 days.
According to the bill, the owner will be given the patent of any innovation for 20 years and then it will become public property. A registrar office will be there to issue or cancel patents of any single inventor or joint inventors of a technical innovation under the proposed law.
On February22, 2021, the Cabinet cleared the draft of Bangladesh Patents Bill 2021, which will repeal the patent related provisions in ‘Patents and Designs Act, 1911.’
Besides, the Industries Minister placed the Boilers Bill, 2021 in the House aiming to check boiler-related accidents and ensure a safer work environment in industrial mills by constructing and using standard boilers there. Later, the bill was sent to the respective parliamentary committee. The committee was asked to submit its report within 30 days. The bill will replace the Boiler Act, 1923.
