Act 3
Industrial Property Act
2014
(h) impose restrictions on research or technological
development carried out by the licensee to absorb or adapt
the technology in connection with new products, processes
or equipment;
(i) prohibit or restrict the use by the licensee of any technology
other than the technology to which the contract relates or
not owned by the licensor;
(j) extend the coverage of the contract to technology not
required for the use of the technology which is the main
subject of the licence contract and to require consideration
for that additional technology;
(k) fix prices for the sale or resale of the products produced by
the licensee with the help of the technology to which the
licence contract relates;
(l) prohibit or restrict the use by the licensee, after the
expiration of the contract, of the technology acquired as a
result of the licence contract, subject, to any right of the
licensor under the patent;
(m) establish the duration of the licence contract for a period
which is unreasonably long in relation to the economic
function of the licence contract; except that any period
which does not exceed the duration of the patent to which
the contract relates shall not be regarded as unreasonably
long;
(n) restrict the licensee from entering into sales, representation
or manufacturing agreements relating to similar or
competing technologies, when those restrictions are not
needed for protecting the legitimate interests of the
licensor; including, in particular, protecting the licensor’s
individual or intellectual property rights or ensuring that the
licensee exercises his or her best efforts in respect of any
manufacturing, distribution or promotional obligations;
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