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WORKING OF PATENTS, COMPULSORY LICENCES AND REVOCATION
SECTION 89. GENERAL PURPOSES FOR GRANTING COMPULSORY LICENCES

The powers of the Controller upon an application made under section 84 shall be exercised with a view to securing the following general purposes, that is to say,-

(a) that patented inventions are worked on a commercial scale in the territory of India without undue delay and to the fullest extent that is reasonably practicable;

(b) that the interests of any person for the time being working or developing an invention in the territory of India under the protection of a patent are not unfairly prejudiced.