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International Norms for Compulsory Licensing and the I ndian Copyright Law
Author(s) -
Agitha T. G.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
the journal of world intellectual property
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.334
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 1747-1796
pISSN - 1422-2213
DOI - 10.1111/j.1747-1796.2011.00432.x
Subject(s) - safeguarding , context (archaeology) , trips architecture , position (finance) , political science , law , trips agreement , intellectual property , law and economics , copyright law , interpretation (philosophy) , business , sociology , engineering , computer science , geography , medicine , archaeology , nursing , finance , transport engineering , programming language
In the context of the C opyright A mendment B ill, 2010 of I ndia, this paper explores the feasibility in the international context, of compulsory licence, to ensure information dissemination while safeguarding the interests of copyright owners and the I ndian legal position in this respect. Though I ndia pioneered the pressure group for ensuring recognition of compulsory licence in international norms in the discussions of the B erne C onvention, it is interesting how her own laws were drafted and how the new B ill is addressing this issue. The problem of access to the information from the developed countries in the context of The A greement on T rade‐ R elated A spects of I ntellectual P roperty R ights ( TRIPS A greement) and the interpretation to the open‐ended three‐step test to facilitate such access are the focal point of this paper.