In light of the pandemic caused by the COVID-19 , and in the race against time to develop the vaccine which will allow stopping the virulence of its effects, compulsory licenses for patents may finally make it to the forefront.
Compulsory licenses, which are incorporated in most of the legislations of the countries in the world, are hardly ever used or put into practical application given the difficulty in terms of grant.
We provide a quick review of the situation in the ten countries in which ClarkeModet operates:
• Argentina
• Brasil
• Chile
• Colombia
• España
• México
• Perú
• Uruguay
• Venezuela