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Compulsory Licensing In The European Union, Jarrod Tudor

Jarrod Tudor

Despite attempts to harmonize intellectual property law across the 27-member European Union, this area of law remains a mix of national law and federal law. In regard to the possibility of compulsory licensing, challenges remain in the attempt to make law uniform. The Court of Justice of the European Union has struggled to balance national and federal interests on the issue of compulsory licensing of patents, trademarks, and copyrights largely by applying Articles 28, 30, 81, and 82 of the Treaty on European Union. Specifically, these Articles of the Treaty that support the notion of the free movement of goods …