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Compulsory licensing as a remedy against excessive pricing of life-saving medicines

Kianzad, Behrang - 2024

The COVID-19 crisis intensified decade-long debates on the interaction between intellectual property rights (IPRs), competition law and access to affordable life-saving treatments and vaccines. Compulsory licensing of patented medicines is a tried-and-tested method to expand access, particularly...

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The TRIPS waiver proposal: An urgent measure to expand access to the COVID-19 vaccines

De Menezes, Henrique Zeferino - 2021

Despite multilateral commitments and political statements of solidarity and cooperation to guarantee the availability and access to COVID-19 vaccines (and other relevant technologies for control and treatment), the scenario after the beginning of vaccination is marked by the deepening of vaccine...

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The intersection between intellectual property, public health and access to climate-related technologies

Batista, Lívia Regina - 2023

recognition of intellectual property rights as an important means for the promotion of technological innovation, and the required …

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Neglected dimension of the inventive step as applied to pharmaceutical and biotechnological products: The case of Sri Lanka's patent law

Fernando, Ruwan - 2023

Apart from the basic statutory definition in section 65 of the Intellectual Property Act of Sri Lanka, there do not appear to be any detailed statutory guidelines or judicial decisions to provide any framework for the assessment of inventive step in Sri Lanka. The current statutory definition is...

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Innovation and the global expansion of intellectual property rights: Unfulfilled promises

Correa, Carlos María - 2016

innovation will be boosted - do not match the reality. The effects of high standards of protection - as those mandated under the …]ntellectual property is …a social contrivance purportedly designed to increase welfare, by supposedly enhancing innovation (though… it may … little to promote local innovation and economic development. The scenario for innovation in the pharmaceutical sector clearly …

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Eighteen years after Doha: An analysis of the use of public health TRIPS flexibilities in Africa

Vawda, Yousuf A.; Shozi, Bonginkosi - 2020

As we observe the 18th anniversary of the Doha Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement (Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights) and Public Health, it is appropriate to take stock of intellectual property developments and endeavour to present a comprehensive account of the...

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Intersección entre competencia y patentes: Hacia un ejercicio pro-competitivo de los derechos de patente en el sector farmacéutico

Rodríguez Gómez, María Juliana - 2020

La interacción entre propiedad industrial, particularmente patentes farmacéuticas, y el derecho de la competencia, tiene un impacto en asuntos de interés general como los derechos a la salud, al acceso a los beneficios de la tecnología y a la libre competencia. La cuestión es cómo hacer...

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Guide for the granting of compulsory licenses and government use of pharmaceutical patents

Correa, Carlos María - 2020

Like other rights, patent rights are not absolute. There are situations in which their exercise can be limited to protect public interests. Such situations may arise, for instance, when access to needed pharmaceutical products must be ensured. Compulsory licenses and government use for...

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Guía para la concesión de licencias obligatorias y uso gubernamental de patentes farmacéuticas

Correa, Carlos María - 2020

Al igual que otros derechos, los derechos de patente no son absolutos. Hay situaciones en las que su ejercicio puede limitarse para proteger los intereses públicos. Esas situaciones pueden surgir, por ejemplo, cuando debe garantizarse el acceso a los productos farmacéuticos necesarios. Las...

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Special Section 301: US interference with the design and implementation of national patent laws

Correa, Carlos M. - 2020

The continuous application of Special Section 301 by the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) undermines the rule of law as a fundamental principle of a multilateral system based on the sovereign equality of states and the respect for international law. Interference with...

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