Patents and public health : legalising the policy thoughts in the Doha TRIPS Declaration of 14 November 2001 /

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Do patents rules prevent countries from acquiring affordable medicines? A number of legal experts and governments have felt that the WTO, in particular the TRIPS Agreement, forces countries to favour patents over public health. The WTO sought to settle this dispute by concluding the Public Health De...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Law, Andrew
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baden-Baden : Nomos : MIPLC, Munich Intellectual Property Law Center, 2009.
Edition:1. Aufl.
Series:MIPLC studies ; v. 3.
Subjects:
Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights > (1994 April 15)
Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (1994 April 15)
Übereinkommen über handelsbezogene Aspekte der Rechte an geistigem Eigentum > 1994 April 15
Übereinkommen über handelsbezogene Aspekte der Rechte an geistigem Eigentum.
Drugs > Law and legislation > Developing countries.
Public health > Developing countries.
Intellectual property (International law)
Drugs > Patents.
Propriété intellectuelle (Droit international)
Médicaments > Brevets d'invention.
LAW > Commercial > General.
Drugs
Drugs > Law and legislation
Public health
Arzneimittel
Patentschutz
Zwangslizenz
Droger > juridik och lagstiftning > U-länder.
Folkhälsa > juridik och lagstiftning > U-länder.
Patenträtt.
Developing countries
Entwicklungsländer
Patents
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Patents and society
  • The legalising policy thoughts in the Public Health Declaration
  • The circumstances leading up to the Public Health Declaration
  • An analysis of the TRIPS agreement
  • The Public Health Declaration
  • The solution to the paragraph 6 dilemma
  • The realisation opportunities afforded by the Public Health Declaration
  • Definitive consequences of the Public Health Declaration.

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