Sunday, December 31, 2006
Japan: better protection for patent licencees
The Jiji Press New Service reports that Japan is improving the position of patent licencees when the patent is transferred to another company. Currently the patent licencee needs to register the licence contract in order to continue using the licenced technology. Only 305 were registered during 2005 - which shows that many companies did not bother with the registration process. Given that many patent licences are world-wide this is hardly surprising.
The proposed new system will still require registration of the contracts, but not the listing of individual patents apparenty. This is certainly an improvement on the current system. However, the registration of patent licence contracts in a number of countries is impractical. Many countries - such as Germany or the US - do not require registration of contracts and this seems to cause no problems in enforcement.
The proposed new system will still require registration of the contracts, but not the listing of individual patents apparenty. This is certainly an improvement on the current system. However, the registration of patent licence contracts in a number of countries is impractical. Many countries - such as Germany or the US - do not require registration of contracts and this seems to cause no problems in enforcement.
Labels: Japan, Patent Licence, Registration
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