Can I get a compulsory licence, or resist one?

Section 84 lets a person interested ask the Controller for a licence under someone else's patent, but only on specific grounds and after specific steps.

I want a licence under someone else's patent Yes Not yet ← back a step

Try for a voluntary licence first and keep the record.

Moderate complexity - several routes or missing facts

The Controller considers whether the applicant tried without success to get a licence on reasonable terms within a reasonable period, which ordinarily does not exceed six months (section 84(6)).
That requirement does not apply in a national emergency, other extreme urgency, public non-commercial use, or where anti-competitive practices by the patentee are established (section 84(6)).
Write to the patentee with proposed terms and keep copies.

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Not sure whether this applies to your invention?

The honest answer usually needs someone to look at your actual disclosure, your timeline and the prior art. That is a conversation, not an article.

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