Where results are capable of or may reasonably be expected to be capable of commercial or industrial exploitation, the participant owning those results shall examine the possibility of protecting them. The participant shall, if possible, reasonable and justified given the circumstances, adequately protect them for an appropriate period of time and with an appropriate territorial coverage, having due regard to its legitimate interests, and the legitimate interests, particularly the commercial interests, of the other participants in the action.
I gcás inar féidir na torthaí a úsáid chun críocha saothraithe tráchtála nó thionsclaíoch nó má mheastar le réasún go mbeifí in ann úsáid chun na críocha sin a bhaint astu, scrúdóidh an rannpháirtí ar leis é na torthaí an féidir iad a chosaint, agus, más féidir, más réasúnach agus má thugann na cúinsí bonn cirt leis, cosnóidh sé go leordhóthanach iad go ceann tréimhse iomchuí ar limistéar iomchuí, ag féachaint go cuí dá leasanna dlisteanacha, agus do leasanna dlisteanacha rannpháirtithe eile na gníomhaíochta, a leasanna tráchtála go háirithe.