Taiwan ends compulsory licensing dispute with Philips
21 July 2008
Peter Ollier, Hong Kong
The Taiwan IP Office (TIPO) is to amend the rules governing compulsory licences in its Patent Act after resolving a long-running dispute with Dutch electronics company Philips
TIPO held a forum on the compulsory licensing provisions in its Patent Act on July 8 and has pledged to amend the Act by the end of the year.
The dispute with Philips began in July 2004 when TIPO granted five compulsory licences to local recordable CD-maker Gigastorage...
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