The need and justification for a general competition-oriented compulsory licensing regime

• Main Author: LIU, Kung-chung
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2012
• Subjects: compulsory licensing; general theory; intellectual property; TRIPS; Intellectual Property Law
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/3113; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sol_research/article/5071/viewcontent/Need_Justification_Gen_Competition_av.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

There seems to be little or no discussion about the need of and justification for a general compulsory licensing that could be applicable to all IP laws. This author has previously argued, by referencing to competition law, in 2008 that it is paramount for the WTO to revise the TRIPS Agreement, so a...