The COVID pandemic has energised opponents of the WTO TRIPS Agreement, who have long wished to weaken permanently … intellectual property (IP) rules.But opposition to TRIPS ignores the huge benefits brought to WTO members by enabling increased … within the existing TRIPS IP framework, including voluntary licenses and initiatives such as the Medicines Patent Pool …

In the two decades since adoption of the Doha Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health (“Doha Declaration … between the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (“TRIPS Agreement”) and global health … expeditious solution.” In line with Paragraph 6, WTO Members ultimately agreed to amend the TRIPS Agreement to enable compulsory …

Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS). We analyze the issue of access to patented medicine to treat global and … this framework to TRIPS. We then propose criteria for assessing the correct balance between the rights of producers and …