Chapters & Sections
CHAPTER 23
Section 140
Section 141
Section 142
Section 143
Section 144
Section 145
Section 146
Section 147
Section 148
Section 149
Section 150
Section 151
Section 152
Section 153
Section 154
Section 155
Section 156
Section 157
Section 157A
Section 158
Section 159
Section 160
Section 161
Section 162
Section 163
CHAPTER 16 Home
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.