Pharmaceutical Patent Protection and World Trade Law: The Unresolved Problem of Access to Medicines

ISBN-13: 9781138288768 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 240 str.

Jae Sundaram

Opis

This book explores the current difficulties with pharmaceutical patents in the post-TRIPS era and suggests how working with international organizations may improve access to affordable medicines in developing countries.

Spis treści

 1. Introduction,  PART I Foundation of Intellectual Property Laws, and IP in the Multilateral Trading System Introduction  2. A Jurisprudential Enquiry into the Justification of International IP Rights Protection, with Particular Reference to Pharmaceutical Patents,  3. Intellectual Property in the Multilateral Trading System: Forum Shifting, TRIPS Agreement, Doha Declaration and TRIPS Flexibilities,  4. Undermining TRIPS Flexibilities: FTAs, Bilateral Trade Agreements, EPAs, IIAs, TRIPS-Plus & Stoppage in Transit,  PART II TRIPS & Developing Countries: Implementation, Knowledge Economy and IP Policy Making  5. BRAZIL: Ambitious Missions and an Early Implementation,  6. CHINA: The Uneasy Transition,  7. INDIA: The Transition from Process to Product Patent,  8. SOUTH AFRICA: Against All Odds,  9. KENYA: Can Generics Still Reach the Needy?,  PART III TRIPS at What Cost?  10. TRIPS Agreement & the Future of Access to Affordable Medicines

O autorze

Jae Sundaram is Senior Lecturer in International Trade and Maritime Law at the University of Buckingham, UK.