, this paper concludes that second medical uses do not qualify per se for patent protection and have only been protected in … from strategic patent filing from pharmaceutical companies to extend the life of existing patents, justified mainly for … medicines and the public health, in particular in developing countries. Therefore, this paper argues that a sound patent policy …

then, the issue of the relationship between patent protection and the development of and access to medical treatments and … an overview of the patent landscape of medical treatments and technologies related to COVID-19, and of the patent status … of two investigational medical treatments: remdesivir and lopinavir/ritonavir. It then presents various patent …

-traditional functions fulfill important roles. This questions the relevance of domestic patent systems, and indicates the need to reassess … the costs and benefits of the patent system, the use of patents as innovation indicators, and the need for more research …