Section 456 | Meaning of “intellectual property” and “transfer” ^F1

(1)In this Chapter “intellectual property” means—

(a)any patent, trade mark, registered design, copyright or design right, plant breeders' rights or rights under section 7 of the Plant Varieties Act 1997,

(b)any right under the law of a country or territory outside the United Kingdom corresponding to, or similar to, a right within paragraph (a),

(c)any information or technique not protected by a right within paragraph (a) or (b) but having industrial, commercial or other economic value,

(d)any licence or other right in respect of anything within paragraph (a), (b) or (c), or

(e)any goodwill (having the meaning that it has for accounting purposes) associated with anything within paragraphs (a) to (d).

(2)The Treasury may by order amend the definition of “intellectual property” in subsection (1).

(3)For the purposes of this Chapter a transfer of intellectual property includes—

(a)a sale of the intellectual property,

(b)the grant of a licence or other right in respect of it, and

(c)the assignment of a licence or other right in respect of it.