While the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) provided for the applicability of … the TRIPS Council on the subject have remained inconclusive. The biannual WTO Ministerial Conference has granted … complaints under the TRIPS Agreement, including the arguments consistently held by two WTO Members that if the moratorium is not …

The use of TRIPS flexibilities by WTO members involves interpretation of the obligations under TRIPS which can be … disputes can thus impact the scope of TRIPS flexibilities to address, among others, public health objectives. This paper … explores how the WTO dispute settlement system applies to disputes under TRIPS, and reviews the outcomes of the disputes …

The 12th WTO Ministerial Conference adopted a Ministerial Decision on the TRIPS Agreement on 17 June 2022. This … from certain obligations under the TRIPS Agreement for health products and technologies for the prevention, treatment and … containment of COVID-19. The adopted Decision only waives the obligation under article 31 (f) of the TRIPS Agreement. Developing …

waive obligations under the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS Agreement). However …, the TRIPS Decision adopted by the 12th WTO Ministerial Conference in June 2022, after lengthy and protracted negotiations … suggests options for how the TRIPS flexibilities can be optimally utilized in a pandemic situation without developing countries …

While increasing support from WTO members for a proposed waiver from certain obligations under the TRIPS Agreement with … regard to health products required for responding to COVID-19 has made a decision on the TRIPS waiver imminent, the waiver … COVID-19 pandemic. In this regard, the scope of the TRIPS waiver, as well as the terms of applicable free trade agreements …

While increasing support from WTO members for a proposed waiver from certain obligations under the TRIPS Agreement with … regard to health products required for responding to COVID-19 has made a decision on the TRIPS waiver imminent, the waiver … COVID-19 pandemic. In this regard, the scope of the TRIPS waiver, as well as the terms of applicable free trade agreements …