emphasis is given to strategies for the acquisition and commercialization of new technologies, patent strategies and strategies …

to provide latitude to the Member States to tailor their national patent laws to fit their individual needs. In 2001, the … Doha Declaration further clarified and reaffirmed the existing TRIPS flexibilities. This paper argues that India has taken … the lead role in enacting the TRIPS Agreement's substantive and procedural patent flexibilities by introducing unique …

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 … expropriation under India's bilateral investment treaties (BITs). The discussion in the chapter shows that pharmaceutical patents …