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[Sanath Wijesinghe, Chaminya Adikari, and Ruwanthika Ariyaratna] Abstract: This article examines the benefits of the TRIPS waiver for low- and middle-income countries with particular reference to the challenges that these countries may face in the manufacturing and purchasing stages of COVID-19 vaccines. We assess arguments for and against the TRIPS waiver and suggest actionable solutions that could be provided by
[Taiwan Intellectual Property Office] In order to accommodate the rapid growth of both digital technology and the Internet, TIPO has drafted an amendment to the Copyright Act. The proposed changes factor in both international treaty provisions and the copyright systems of those countries that are ahead of the curve. With the addition of 9 articles and the revision of 37,
[Yanfeng Zheng and Qinyu Wang] Abstract: Does globalization breed global knowledge spillovers? We first examine this question using 13 million patents and their citations across 25 patent offices with a rigorous matching method. The results show that cross-country knowledge spillovers have surprisingly declined during 1990-2010. We then develop hypotheses intrigued by this counterintuitive trend through a legal perspective.
[Jade Kouletakis] Abstract: International intellectual property frameworks conceive of copyright exclusivity as a largely individualistic, westernised and capitalistic benefit which must be balanced against and limited by the non-commercial, competing public interest. This is expressed primarily by way of limitations to and exceptions from the norm of exclusivity recognised within these frameworks. This article argues for an alternative interpretation of
[Martin Senftleben] EU copyright legislation has cultivated the constraining function of the three-step test known from Article 9(2) of the Berne Convention, Article 13 TRIPS and Article 10 of the WIPO Copyright Treaty. Instead of transposing into EU law the dualistic concept of these international provisions – the enabling function that creates room for the adoption of copyright limitations at
[Germán Velásquez] The considerable health, economic and social challenge that the world faced in early 2020 with COVID-19 continued and worsened in many parts of the world in the second half of 2020 and into 2021. How can an agency like WHO be given a stronger voice to exercise authority and leadership? This book is a collection of research papers
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