Patents Act, 1992

Supplementary provisions as to licences.

75.—(1) Any order under this Act for the grant of a licence shall, without prejudice to any other method of enforcement, have effect as if it were a deed, executed by the proprietor of the patent and all other necessary parties, granting a licence in accordance with the order.

(2) An order may be made on an application under section 70 or 72 for an entry in the register to the effect that licences under the relevant patent are to be available as of right notwithstanding any contract which would have precluded the making of such an entry in respect of the patent on the application of the proprietor of the patent under section 68 , and any such order shall for all purposes have the same effect as an entry made in pursuance of an application under section 68 .

(3) No order shall be made in pursuance of any application under section 70 or 72 which would be at variance with the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community.