Compulsory Licensing in India: A Legal Framework for Balancing Patent Rights and Public Needs
The patent law domain features compulsory licenses at their core to bridge invention promotion with essential public access to vital products through technology. Under certain public welfare situations the exclusive rights granted through patents become subject to being overridden. The solution becomes available through compulsory licensing at this stage. The Indian government maintains a comprehensive […]
Licensing the Vibes: What Every Store & Café Should Know About Music Rights
Any successful café, restaurant, or retail establishment’s environment is greatly influenced by its music. It creates a calm, relaxed atmosphere at a café or salon or energizes visitors while they explore in a store, setting the tone from the moment they come in. The ambiance of any successful café, restaurant, or retail outlet is determined […]
Keeping the Eminence Safe Through Naked Licensing
Introduction A trademark helps a consumer obtain goods and services of a certain quality and reduces their confusion related to the goods and services. The importance of the quality of the items offered under a brand has increased with the emergence of trademark licensing as a method to maximize use of the trademark. A trademark license is […]
Compulsory licensing on copyright | What is the Credibility?
Introduction Copyright is an Intellectual Property Rights law that insures the protection to the creator on literary, dramatic, producer or reproducer or artistic work also to the producer of the filmography of the work and sound recordings. It also gives the protection on the field of software and information practices. Under Section 13 of the […]
License to Translate a Literary Work
Introduction The petitioner wants to translate and publish Madeleine Slade’s autobiography, “The Spirit’s Trip,” in Marathi. Madeleine Slade is more commonly known by her stage name, Mira Behn. According to the decision, the petitioner is prepared and eager to pay royalties, but as of the present, they have been unable to track down any publishers. […]
Compulsory Licensing in South Africa
South Africa welcomes the opportunity to make submissions on the topic of exceptions and limitations. South Africa recognizes the role that Intellectual Property (IP) and Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) play in the global context of advancing innovation, the dissemination of knowledge, the creation of thriving industries and its contribution to the global economy. It is […]
Licensing in the UAE
The Federal Law of the UAE No. 17 of 2002, in the Regulation and protection of industrial property for patents and industrial designs in Article 1 clearly depicts the intent of the invention for which the patent is granted and indicated the same article specifies what is meant by a patent. It is clear that […]
Musical Work Used Commercially And Its Licensing Requirements
You cannot play music for your employees or the public in an office or shop or any commercial spaces, no matter what the medium is (phone system, radio, and disc, TV, or Bluetooth speakers). Business organizations or Entities that are interested in having singers sing or perform in their premises for any purpose need to […]
A Brief Analysis Of Compulsory Licensing Pertinent To Copyright Law
Introduction As the title suggests, this particular blog deals with the compulsory licensing of copyright in our country. However, in order to understand compulsory licensing, the concept pertinent to “licenses” needs to be grasped first. Licenses are of two categories: one being voluntary license and the other being compulsory license. Section 30 of the Copyright […]
Zooming Out On Compulsory Licensing Of Covid-19 Vaccines
The unnerving bio- catastrophe, the COVID-19 pandemic has brought an array of challenges for mankind. The COVID-19 scare at the global level is posing threat to human life and the governments are deeply divided over an effort to endorse a temporary patent waiver on COVID-19 vaccines and grant of compulsory licenses. What is Compulsory Licensing? […]