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" COMPULSORY LICENSINGCOPYRIGHT AND PATENTS' COMPULSORY LICENSING‑COPYRIGHT AND PATENTS   [Paper read at Regional Forum on the Judiciary and the Intellectual Property System organized jointly by the World Intellectual Property 'Organization `(WIPO) and the Judges of the. superior Courts of Pakistan in association with the' Law Association for Asia and the Western Pacific (LAWASIA) and with the assistance of the: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Islamabad, Pakistan.]   By   MR. JUSTICE AJMAL MIAN   Chief Justice Baluchistan High Court, Pakistan   [5th to 9th October, 1986]   Assignment or grant of exclusive or non‑exclusive licence in respect of a copyright work or a patent by an owner of copyright or a patentee is a well‑recognized mode of transfer under the laws of Copyright and Patent in most of the counties of the world. Whereas, a compulsory licence as is evident from the term is without the volition OT the owner of copyright or of a patentee. The, introduction of compulsory licensing in copyright was not with a happy note. In this regard, it may be pertinent to refer to the history of the development of copyright law. In the late 15th century as a result of Gutenberg's invention of printing and the expansion throughout Europe of the religious learning concept of copyright came into existence. At about this time, William Caxton established a printing press in Westminster in 1476, city of Venice inaugurated a system of granting "Privileges" or monopoly right to print certain books. The practice then obtaining of grating exclusive publishing rights by the sovereign was spread over quickly to other countries and became a common trade practice during the 16th and 17th centuries.  …