Legal Basis for Quality Control Necessity of Trademark Licensing

In this paper authors have tried to evaluate the necessity of enactment of Art. 44 of Patents Registration and Industrial Designs and Trademarks and tradenames 2007 i.e. quality control in trademark licenses.According to the article failure to perform quality control results in invalidation of trademark license.Philosophy behind this regulation would be trademark distinctiveness for consumers and importance of preventing confusion and misleading of consumers. According to our comparative study of different countries ”s legislations, despite majority ”s disagreement whit this kind of regulation, minorities ”s positions (like Iran and USA) is more reasonable and accurate as have been accepted by WIPO.This article ”s results show that the Art. 44 is an appropriate policy for Iran as a developing country. However this regulation should be amended especially in relation to merchandising trademark licenses, because in this kind of licenses, consumers usually do not expect quality control form trademark holder.Lastly authors, having in mind draft law of protecting industrial property, suggested appropriate article for protection of consumers and effective commitment of licensors to quality control .