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Interplay between patents and standards in the information and communication technology (ICT) sector and its relevance to the implementation of the WTO Agreements
Wu, Xiaoping - 2017 - Manuscript date: 3 April 2017
of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS Agreement) and the Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT Agreement). This …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011632947
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The application of competition policy vis-à-vis intellectual property rights : the evolution of thought underlying policy change
Anderson, Robert D.; Kovacic, William E. - 2017 - Manuscript date: 6 September 2017
This paper examines the evolution of national competition (antitrust) policies and enforcement approaches vis-à-vis intellectual property rights (IPRs) and associated anti-competitive practices in major jurisdictions over the past several decades. It focuses especially on the underlying process...
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Competition agency guidelines and policy initiatives regarding the application of competition law vis-à-vis intellectual property : an analysis of jurisdictional approaches and eme...
Anderson, Robert D.; Chen, Jianning; Müller, Anna Caroline - 2018 - Manuscript date: 4 March 2018
Competition agency guidelines, policy statements and related advocacy are an important vehicle for policy expression and the guidance of firms across the full spectrum of anti-competitive practices and market conduct. The role of guidelines and policy statements has, arguably, been particularly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011810287
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Competition policy, trade and the global economy : existing WTO elements, commitments in regional trade agreements, current challenges and issues for reflection
Anderson, Robert D.; Kovacic, William E.; Müller, Anna … - 2018 - Manuscript date: 21 October 2018
Competition policy, today, is an essential element of the legal and institutional framework for the global economy. Whereas decades ago, anti-competitive practices tended to be viewed mainly as a domestic phenomenon, most facets of competition law enforcement now have an important international...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011930988
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Product patents and access to innovative medicines in a post-trips-era
Watal, Jayashree; Dai, Rong - 2019 - Manuscript date: 28 March 2019
This WTO working paper studies availability and affordability of new and innovative pharmaceuticals in a post-TRIPS era …. The WTO's TRIPS Agreement (TRIPS) makes it obligatory for WTO members − except least-developed country members (LDCs) - to … to be compliant with this provision of TRIPS by 2005. This study investigates two questions in this context: (1) How does …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011992779
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Special compulsory licences for export of medicines : key features of WTO members' implementing legislation
Kampf, Roger - 2015 - Manuscript date: July 2015
Protocol Amending the TRIPS Agreement. The implementation and use of the additional pro-public health flexibilities provided by … flexibilities in the TRIPS Agreement, the Paragraph 6 System was devised as a new mechanism without previous domestic experience to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011305598
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Intellectual property provisions in regional trade agreements
Valdes, Raymundo M.; Tavengwa, Runyowa - 2012 - Manuscript date: October 2012
force of the WTO TRIPS Agreement. A significant proportion of those RTAs contain some type of IP provision, but the number … standards. -- Regional Trade Agreements ; Intellectual Property Rights ; WTO ; TRIPS …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009658777
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Intellectual property provisions in regional trade agreements : revision and update
Valdes, Raymundo M.; McCann, Maegan - 2014 - Manuscript date: 24 June 2014
This is a revision and update of "Intellectual Property Provisions in Regional Trade Agreements" by Valdés and Runyowa (2012). This paper adjusts the methodology applied to assess the intellectual property (IP) provisions contained in regional trade agreements (RTAs) and the aggregation of such...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010407509
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Innovation and patenting activities of COVID-19 vaccines in WTO members : Analytical review of Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) COVID-19 Vaccines Patent Landscape (VaxPaL)
2022
This working paper provides a statistical analysis of 74 patent families which cover subject matter relevant to ten COVID-19 vaccines. These vaccines have accounted for 99% of the global COVID-19 vaccine production as of 31 December 2021, comprising over ten billion doses.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013544750
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The harmonized system : amendments and their impact on WTO members' schedules
Yu, Dayong - 2008
The Harmonized System is normally amended by the World Customs Organization every four to six years. These amendments pose considerable challenges for the WTO and its Members. On the one hand, Members need to periodically update their historical schedules of concessions into the latest...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003805890