In this paper, the author argues that compulsory licenses might potentially amount to indirect expropriation provided that their effects constitute a severe curtailment of the patent rights. Inasmuch as the expropriation standards in BIAs differ from those articulated under the TRIPS Agreement,...

This chapter discusses whether foreign investors, specifically pharmaceutical companies, could challenge India's regulatory measures that impact their patents under India's BITs. More specifically, the paper will focus on whether regulatory measures such as compulsory licensing of pharmaceutical...

The link between intellectual property protection and access to medicines has been studied from different perspectives. After signing the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) Agreement, most developing and least developed countries agreed to protect pharmaceutical...