Many bilateral trade agreements signed by developing countries contain intellectual property rights rules more stringent than the standards given in the TRIPS agreement. These are known as TRIPS plus provisions. This article discusses whether the most favoured nation (MFN) clause occurring in...

To augment the global production and distribution of Covid-19 medical products such as vaccines, drugs and other therapeutics, countries are negotiating for temporarily waiving certain provisions of the TRIPS agreement at the WTO. Depending on the conditions that would govern the waiver,...

As a consequence of being sued by more than 20 foreign investors, India terminated close to 60 investment treaties and adopted a new Model Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) purportedly to balance investment protection with the host State's right to regulate. This book is a critical study of...

India has entered into Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs) with eighty-six countries; of these BITs, seventy-three have already come into force. Despite this massive BIT program, BITs in India did not attract much attention until foreign investors used BITs to slap India with investment treaty...