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IP/N/1/SWE/P/5  
 
21 January 2021  
(21-0615)  Page: 1/2 
Council for Trade -Related Aspects of  
Intellectual Property Rights  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION OF LAWS AND REGULATIONS  
UNDER ARTICLE 63.2 OF THE TRIPS AGREEMENT  
SWEDEN : THE PATENT ACT 1967: 837 (AS LAST AMENDED BY SFS 2020: 541)  
Notifying Member  SWEDEN  
 
Details of the notified legal text  
 
Title THE PATENT ACT 1967: 837 (as last amended by SFS 2020: 541)  
Subject matter  Patents (including plant variety protection)  
Nature of 
notification  [X] Main dedicated intellectual property law or regulation  
[  ] Other law or regulation  
Link to legal text* https://ip -documents.info/2021/IP/SWE/21_0522_00_e.pdf   
https://ip -documents.info/2021/IP/SW E/21_0522_00_x.pdf  
 
Notification status  [  ] First notification  
[  ] Amendment or revision to notified legal text  
[X] Replacement or consolidation of notified legal text(s)  
Previous 
notification(s) 
referred to  IP/N/1/SWE/5, IP/N/1/SWE/P/3 ; IP/N/1/SWE/P/1/Add.2 ; 
IP/N/1/SWE/P/1/Add.1 ; IP/N/1/SWE/P/1  
Brief description of the notified legal text  
 
Incorporates changes made by Amendment Act SFS 2020: 541 (see IP/N/1/SWE/P/3)  
 
Language(s) of 
notified legal text English, Swedish  
Entry into force  1 September 2020  
Other date    
 
Notification details  
 
Submission date 
of notification  20 January 2021  
Other information   IP/N/1/SWE/11 • IP/N/1/SWE/P/5  
 
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  Agency or 
authority 
responsible  Anna Enbert  
Deputy Director at the Ministry of Justice  
anna.enbert@regeringskansliet.se  
+46(7)27157297  
 
 
* Links are provided to texts of laws and regulations notified under the TRIPS Agreement in the form 
supplied by the Member concerned; the WTO Secretariat does not endorse or revise their content.   