Taiwan to change compulsory licensing rules
01 September 2008
Taiwan's Intellectual Property Office is to amend the compulsory licensing provisions of its Patent Law after a long-running dispute between a local CD maker and Philips finally ended
Taiwan's Intellectual Property Office (TIPO) has announced that it will amend the compulsory licensing provisions of its Patent Law after a long-running licensing dispute between a local CD maker and Dutch electronics maker Philips finally ended.
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 for patents held by Philips. Gigastorage had previously licensed the patents from Philips until the Dutch company terminated its business agreement with the company in April 2001.
In June 2006 the Committee of Appeal of the Ministry of Economic Affairs confirmed TIPO's original decision to grant a licence. Philips then appealed to the Administrative Court and subsequently filed a formal request to the European Commission to...
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