Compulsory Licensing of the Results of Intellectual Activity as a Measure to Secure the National Interests of Scientific and Technological Progress

The article analyses compulsory licensing as a tool to ensure national interests and access to critical technologies. The article considers court precedents on issuing compulsory licenses and legislative initiatives of recent years aimed at expanding the use of this mechanism. It is emphasized that although compulsory licensing is capable of solving point tasks, it does not contribute to the development of domestic innovation and science.