TRIPS Agreement and Public Health: An Overview of International Issues


Autoria(s): Gopalakrishnan, N S
Data(s)

22/09/2014

22/09/2014

24/06/2008

Resumo

This paper deals with brief overview of the developments of international provisions on IPR related to public health. It discusses flexibilities before and after TRIPS Agreement and difficulties faced by developing countries in implementing TRIPS obligations and protecting public health. Also discussed are the reasons for the Doha Declaration and issues relating to implementation of Para 6 of the Declaration. Discusses the inadequacy in the compulsory licence based approach to solve public health crisis and argues for a more comprehensive approach to find a long term solution to the public health issues

Journal of Intellectual Property Rights Vol 13, September 2008, pp 395-400

Cochin University of Science & Technology

Identificador

http://dyuthi.cusat.ac.in/purl/4717

Idioma(s)

en

Palavras-Chave #TRIPS #Doha Declaration #Paris Convention #Para 6 #compulsory licence #IPR
Tipo

Article