6. The registered European patent shall have the same legal force and the same provisions of the Law shall be applied thereto, which are applied to the national patent with the following exceptions: 1) exclusive rights which are granted by a patent shall come into force on the date when the Patent Office publishes the notification regarding the registration of the European patent and shall end not later than after 20 years from the date when the Patent Office has received a request regarding the registration of the European patent; 2) the provisions of Section 22 of this Law in relation to the registered European patent shall be applied, if before the receipt of the request regarding the registration of the European patent in Latvia at the Patent Office, a use of the invention has commenced or preparatory work necessary for such use has been carried out in good faith; and 3) The invalidation of the European patent or an early discontinuance of validity in another Contracting State of the European Patent Convention shall not be deemed as the basis for the declaration of the patent, registered in Latvia, as invalid.例文帳に追加

6. 登録欧州特許は，次の例外を除いて，国内特許に適用されるのと同等の法的効力を有し，かつ，本法の同一の規定が適用される。 1) 特許により付与される排他権は，欧州特許の登録に関する通知を特許庁が公告した日に効力を生じ，欧州特許の登録に関する請求を特許庁が受領した日から20年後までに終了する。 2) ラトビアにおける欧州特許の登録に関する請求を特許庁が受領する前に，善意で，発明の実施が開始されたか又は当該実施のために必要な準備作業が行われた場合は，第22条の規定を登録欧州特許に関して適用する。また 3) 欧州特許条約の他の締約国における欧州特許の無効又は効力の早期停止は，ラトビアにおいて登録された特許の無効宣言の基礎とはみなさない。 - 特許庁