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[Wael Armouti] Abstact: Free trade agreements (FTAs) introduce higher intellectual property (IP) protection than those established in the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS-plus provisions) that deprive the parties from benefits of the use of flexibilities found in the TRIPS Agreement to protect public health. One such TRIPS-plus requirement is that of data exclusivity. It establishes that
Abstract: A patent consists of only one right: the right to exclude others from practicing the patented invention. However, one class of patents statutorily lacks the right to exclude direct infringers: surgical method patents are not enforceable against medical practitioners or health care facilities, which are the only realistic potential direct infringers of such patents. Despite this, inventors regularly file
... U.S. negotiating objectives should be interpreted to include protection of the right to research, as it is a protection granted under U.S. law. The U.S. should negotiate language in the intellectual property chapter of the US-Kenya Trade Agreement that protects the right to research. The Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the need for researchers to access to the latest scientific
The Supreme Court has ruled 5-4 that copyright protection does not apply to annotations in state's annotated legal code. The ruling in Georgia v. Public Resource.Org affects 23 states, two territories and Washington, D.C. PIJIP Professor Peter Jaszi commented that “This is the beginning of the end of a long journey toward opening all judicial and legislative materials to the
[Krishna Ravi Srinivas] Abstract: The HIV/AIDS crisis showed that the traditional IP rules and models of innovation do not assure affordable access. This resulted in some changes in IP rules and the recognition that IP and trade rules should not become major constraints for affordable access. The current crisis provides an opportunity to revisit and learn from the earlier one.
[Electronic Information for Libraries] On the occasion of World Intellectual Property Day 2020, EIFL worked with leading global cultural heritage organizations in drafting an open letter calling on the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) to take urgent action to help save our cultural heritage. The theme of World IP Day 2020 is ‘Innovate for a Green Future’. This is a
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