Non-voluntary Licensing for Innovative Development: a Zakon article, May edition

On the eve of the discussions at the St. Petersburg International Legal Forum, the May issue of the journal "Zakon" ("Law") is published, carrying an article by Institute Director, Alexey Ivanov.

Based on a large quantity of empirical data, Alexey demonstrates how various forms of non-voluntary licensing are actively used in the US as an instrument for stimulating innovation and are an integral part of the system of checks and balances that ensures the effective functioning of the institution of intellectual property. The article reveals the issues that are being discussed at a joint session of the Federal Antimonopoly Service of Russia with the Higher School of Economics Skolkovo Institute for Law and Development, on issues of compulsory licensing as a means to stimulate innovation and competition in the pharmaceutical market within the framework of the 7th St. Petersburg International Legal Forum.

 

You may read the text of the article on journal website via the link.