(8) The patent owner shall be entitled to a fair compensation for the
exploitation of his invention. The amount of the compensation shall
be fixed on the basis of the economic value of the invention. He shall
have the right to appeal against the compensation assessment, within
30 days of being notified the decision, before the Committee provided
for in Article 36, in accordance with the rules and procedures
prescribed by the Regulations.
(9) The non-voluntary license shall lapse on the expiry of its duration.
Nonetheless, the Patent Office may decide to terminate the
non-voluntary license if the reasons which led to its grant cease to
exist and are unlikely to reoccur; in which case, the procedure
prescribed by the Regulations shall apply.
(10) The patent owner may request the termination of the non-voluntary
license before its expiry, if the reasons which led to its grant cease
to exist and are unlikely to reoccur.
(11) Where a non-voluntary license is terminated before its term, the
legitimate interests of the licensee shall be taken into account.
(12) The non-voluntary license may be terminated or its terms amended
by the Patent Office, or upon a request from any interested party, if
within two years after the grant of the non-voluntary license, the
licensee fails to exploit the subject matter of the license or to meet
his obligations as prescribed by the license.
Article 25
Patents may be expropriated by decision of the competent Minister.
subject to the approval of the ministerial committee referred to in
Article 23. on grounds relating to national defense and in cases of
emergency which the grant of a non-voluntary license is insufficient
to counter.
The expropriation may be limited to the right of exploitation only to
satisfy the needs of the State.
In all cases, the expropriation shall be against a fair compensation,
to be assessed by the committee provided for in Article 36 and on the
basis of the economic value of the patent at the time the expropriation
decision is made.
The expropriation decision shall be published in the Patent Gazette.
The decision of the expropriation and that of the compensation
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