COMPULSORY LICENSING Subject : Economy Context : Kerala High Court seeks Centre’s response to invoke compulsory licensing of Covid vaccines. Concept : A compulsory licence is a licence or authorisation issued by the government to an applicant for making, using and selling a patented product or employing a patented process without the consent […]

    COMPULSORY LICENSING Subject : Economy / Governance Context :Govt should not hesitate to invoke compulsory licensing of drugs under Patent Act if necessary: Delhi High Court. Concept : The Patents Act, 1970 was amended three times in 1999, 2002, 2005 respectively to include the concept of ‘compulsory license’ and these are given in […]

    COMPULSORY LICENSING Subject: Economy Context: The central government recently published the Patent (Amendment) Rules, 2020  amending the format of a statement that patentees and licensees are required to annually submit to the Patent Office disclosing the extent to which they have commercially worked or made the patented inventions available to the public in […]