Patent Laws and the Developing Countries

Dipak Basu and Victoria Miroshnik
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Dipak Basu: Nagasaki University
Victoria Miroshnik: Tsukuba University

Chapter 2 in International Business and Political Economy, 2015, pp 10-14 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: The levels of tension between rich and poor countries are now at even higher levels than in Seattle. Instead of taking the opportunity for dialogue, rich countries have offered little or nothing to address the concerns of the developing countries. The poor are asked to accept the agenda whether they like it or not and to swallow their rage as rich countries, claiming to represent global interests, once again impose their minority views. On the Draft Declaration on Intellectual Property and Access to Medicines, there were two options ( www.who.int /intel-lectualproperty/topics/ip/tHoen.pdf): Option 1 Nothing in the TRIPS Agreement shall prevent Members from taking measures to protect public health. Accordingly, while reiterating our commitment to the TRIPS Agreement, we affirm that the Agreement shall be interpreted and implemented in a manner supportive of W.H.O. Members’ right to protect public health and, in particular, to ensure access to medicines for all. In this connection, we reaffirm the right of W.H.O. Members to use, to the full, the provisions in the TRIPS Agreement which provide flexibility for this purpose ( www.who.int /intellectualproperty).

Keywords: Rich Country; Compulsory License; Trips Agreement; Exxon Mobil; Patented Drug (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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