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7.10.2.4 Licences

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There are two major types of licences:

  • sole licences: prohibit the patentee granting other licences, but the patentee is allowed to exploit the invention
  • exclusive licences: only the licensee, and persons authorised by him, can exploit the invention.

It is the instrument that creates the exclusive licence, not registration (Vitamins Australia Ltd v Beta-Carotene Industries Pty Ltd (1987) AIPC 90-417 and Grant v Australian Temporary Fencing Pty Ltd [2003] QSC 194).

Amended Reasons

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