Health Technologies and International Intellectual Property Law - A Precautionary Approach

From the late twentieth century onwards, several global virus transmissions have exposed the lack of a mature legal framework in international public health to provide prompt, concrete and specific guidance during a large-scale emergency. This book brings together international trade law and intellectual property law to show how risk analysis and a precautionary approach should be taken in the intellectual property regime to enable states to issue a compulsory licence of a drug patent in order to enhance access to medicines in a public health emergency.

List of contents

Part 1: Setting the Scene 1. Introduction: The Dilema - the Need for a Holistic Approach 2. The Solution Part 2: Current Landscape 3. The Development of the Precautionary Approach 4. The Precautionary Approach in International Law 5. The Different Faces of the Precautionary Approach in Intellectual Property Part 3: Recommendations 6. The Precautionary Approach in Compulsory Licensing 7. Conclusion: The Precautionary Approach as a Means to Differentiate Health Technologies in Intellectual Property

About the author

Phoebe Li is a research assistant at the Univeristy of Edinburgh, UK.

Product details

• Authors: Phoebe Li, Phoebe (University of Edinburgh Li, Li Phoebe
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.12.2013
• EAN: 9780415823616
• ISBN: 978-0-415-82361-6
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: Routledge Research in Intellectual Property
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; Sociology, LAW / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disease & Health Issues, Society & culture: general, LAW / International, LAW / Intellectual Property / General, LAW / Health, Health & personal development, International Economics, Jurisprudence & general issues, intellectual property law, Society and culture: general, Medical & healthcare law, Medical Sociology, Health, Relationships and Personal development, Public international law: human rights, International human rights law, International Trade, Medical and healthcare law, Jurisprudence and general issues, HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases & Conditions / General