[48B Compulsory licences: other cases]
Patents Act 1977 (1977 c 37) | Legislation

[48B  Compulsory licences: other cases]

[(1)     In the case of an application made under section 48 above in respect of a patent whose proprietor is not a WTO proprietor, the relevant grounds are—

(a)     where the patented invention is capable of being commercially worked in the United Kingdom, that it is not being so worked or is not being so worked to the fullest extent that is reasonably practicable;

(b)     where the patented invention is a product, that a demand for the product in the United Kingdom—

(i)     is not being met on reasonable terms, or

(ii)     is being met to a substantial extent by importation from a country which is not a member State;

(c)     where the patented invention is capable of being commercially worked in the United Kingdom, that it is being prevented or hindered from being so worked—

(i)     where the invention is a product, by the

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