Have your say: Compulsory Licensing of Patents
Helen Hull | July 17, 2012
First 5000 members are invited to comment on the compulsory licensing provisions of the Patents Act 1990.
Submissions close: 28 September 2012.
The purpose of the inquiry, being undertaken by the Productivity Commission is to assess, advise and recommend on the impacts and mechanisms of compulsory licensing invoked by the Patent Act’s public interest and anti-competitive safeguard.
The Terms of Reference require the Productivity Commission to:
- assess whether the current Australian provisions can be invoked efficiently and effectively
- recommend any measures to efficiently and effectively exercise these safeguard provisions, in a manner consistent with Australia’s international obligations
- recommend any alternative mechanisms, to ensure that the balance between incentives to innovate and access to technology best reflects the objectives of reasonable access to health care solutions, maximising economic growth and growing the Australian manufacturing industry.
Further information is available here.
Helen Hull is the editor of First 5000, the leading network for mid-sized businesses in Australia.