Doha Declaration further clarified and reaffirmed the existing TRIPS flexibilities. This paper argues that India has taken … the lead role in enacting the TRIPS Agreement's substantive and procedural patent flexibilities by introducing unique … compulsory licensing, the most notable exception to patent rights provided under the TRIPS Agreement. This empirical study is …

The major bone of contention between the developed and developing countries in the TRIPS negotiations was patents for … pharmaceuticals. The US-led developed countries bloc argued in favour of patents for pharmaceuticals amidst opposition from Brazil …, India and other countries. Ample evidence, including patented AZT for HIV/AIDS treatment, showed that patents could make …

not achieve their goal of democratizing access to vaccines. In this sense, the current TRIPS (Agreement on Trade …

The grant of monopoly patent protection is justified normally as a means for giving incentive for innovation. Market … market patent system may be said to fail individuals in developing countries in regards to both focus and access; as no … to the patent system, and arrives at a new alternative that is based upon market reward and the retention of …

pandemic. Using the recently submitted proposal by India and South Africa, discussed by the TRIPS Council in the WTO in October … Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property (TRIPS) was adopted in 1995 as one of the agreements under the World … Trade Organization (WTO). In 2001, WTO Members emphasised that the "TRIPS Agreement does not and should not prevent Members …