South Centre Policy Brief No. 91, April 2021
Christoph Spennemann and Clara Warriner
This policy brief analyzes how the German Federal Court of Justice addressed compulsory licensing under German patent law, where the request for a compulsory license was used in preliminary proceedings as a defense against alleged patent infringement.
Ce rapport sur les politiques analyse la manière dont la Cour fédérale de justice allemande a traité la question des licences obligatoires au regard du droit allemand des brevets dans le cadre d’une affaire dans laquelle une demande de licence obligatoire avait été utilisée, dans une procédure préliminaire, comme moyen de défense contre des accusations de contrefaçon d’un brevet.
En este informe sobre políticas se analiza el modo en que el Tribunal Federal de Justicia de Alemania abordó la concesión de licencias obligatorias con arreglo a la Ley de Patentes alemana, cuando se utilizó la solicitud de una licencia obligatoria en una instrucción preliminar como defensa contra una presunta violación de patente.
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