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

Informationen zum Autor Jae Sundaram is Senior Lecturer in International Trade and Maritime Law at the University of Buckingham, UK. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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

Product details

• Authors: Jae Sundaram, Jae (University of Buckingham Sundaram, Sundaram Jae
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2018
• EAN: 9781138288768
• ISBN: 978-1-138-28876-8
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: Routledge Research in Intellectual Property; Routledge Research in Intellectual Property
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > International economy; LAW / General, LAW / International, LAW / Intellectual Property / Patent, International Economics, International Trade, International economic & trade law, Public international law: economic and trade, Patents law