SOLIDARITY AS A PRACTICAL CRAFT: COHESION AND COOPERATION IN LEVERAGING ACCESS TO MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES WITHIN AND BEYOND THE TRIPS AGREEMENT

Antony Taubman ()
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Asia-Pacific Sustainable Development Journal, 2022, vol. 29, issue 2, 19-45

Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic has precipitated an unprecedented call for global solidarity, which has included a proposal to waive key obligations under the WTO Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights. The governance of intellectual property in a global health crisis entails consideration of the effective and coordinated agency of domestic governments to foster solidarity through practical action. This paper presents the context for solidarity while taking in consideration its practical operation by focusing on the mechanism of interaction between the intellectual property system and access to medicines, historically and during the pandemic: authorization of the use of patented subject matter without right holders' consent.

Keywords: COVID-19; vaccines; public health; TRIPS Agreement; intellectual property (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H87 I14 O38 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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