Indications of a Dependent Invention for the Use of which a Compulsory License May be Granted in the Pharmaceutical Field

<jats:p>The trend towards an increase in the number of court disputes related to the issuance of compulsory licenses, including on the grounds provided for in paragraph 2 of Article 1362 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation (hereinafter — the Civil Code of the Russian Federation), indicates the relevance of the problem of determining the indications of a dependent invention for the purpose of using which a compulsory license may be granted. In national law enforcement practice and doctrine, a uniform approach to the content and correlation of the indicated features has not yet been formed. The article proposes theoretical and methodological approaches to the formation of this approach.</jats:p>