national incentives for patent protection? What is the rationale for international coordination over patent policies? Given … support the major arguments for and against the Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS …)? Finally, can the structure of TRIPS—both in terms of the core obligations it imposes on the WTO members and the flexibilities …

. After signing the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) Agreement, most developing and least … developed countries agreed to protect pharmaceutical products under the patent system. Beyond the criticisms of this system as … balance must exist between its benefits and costs. The patent system interaction with public health policies is twofold …

-state dispute settlement (ISDS). At the global level, the World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute settlement body has jurisdiction to …

, particularly focusing on TRIPS flexibility …

's accession to the World Trade Organization) (WTO) in 2001. We also show that there is a positive upstream spillover effect of FDI …