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RA 8293 Section 100

Terms and Conditions of Compulsory License.

Section 100

SEC. 100. Terms and Conditions of Compulsory License. – The basic terms and conditions including the rate of royalties of a compulsory license shall be fixed by the Director of Legal Affairs subject to the following conditions: 100.1. The scope and duration of such license shall be limited to the purpose for which it was authorized; 100.2. The license shall be non-exclusive; 100.3. The license shall be non-assignable, except with that part of the enterprise or business with which the invention is being exploited; 100.4. Use of the subject matter of the license shall be devoted predominantly for the supply of the Philippine market; Provided, that this limitation shall not apply where the grant of the license is based on the ground that the patentee's manner of exploiting the patent is determined by judicial or administrative process, to be anti-competitive. 100.5. The license may be determined upon proper showing that circumstances which led to its grant have ceased to exist and are unlikely to recur; Provided, That adequate protection shall be afforded to the legitimate interest of the licensee; and 100.6. The patentee shall be paid adequate remuneration taking into account the economic value of the grant or authorization, except that in cases where the license was granted to remedy a practice which was determined after judicial or administrative process, to be anti-competitive, the need to correct the anti-competitive practice may be taken into account in fixing the amount of remuneration. (Sec. 35-B, R.A. No. 165a)

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