This working paper provides a statistical analysis of 74 patent families which cover subject matter relevant to ten … based on VaxPaL, a COVID-19 vaccines patent database developed by the Medicines Patent Pool (MPP). Through the detailed … examination of patent applicants, filing dates, and offices of first and subsequent filing, the paper identifies patterns and …

Concerns have been raised that the upsurge of 3D printing technology would disrupt the patent system. The central … us to rethink patent law. The paper splits up this question by looking at two facets in more depth – patentability and …/consumers). The paper concludes that the wide uptake of 3D printing does not fundamentally challenge the premises of patent law. 3D …

other types of mechanisms in regulatory laws that provide patent-like protection or further strengthen existing patent … drug companies: data exclusivity and patent linkage. As noted in earlier chapters (separately posted on SSRN), not all … competition, a thorough understanding of these requirements (as well as how they intersect with patent protection) is important to …

De facto one of the indisputable shortage of patent laws proves the circumstance, that these have been made without … patentable to the statutory provisions of such laws. Honestly, majority large patent systems - USA, Germany, United Kingdom, etc … and retrograde comprehension in lawmaking - continuous uncertainty, reliability and instability of the patent laws, as …

. This exercise was part of the "UK Innovation Strategy: leading the future by creating it", which set out the government …’s long-term plan for delivering innovation-led growth. The call for views and this submission focus on issues of (i …

then, the issue of the relationship between patent protection and the development of and access to medical treatments and … between IP, innovation, access, and public health between stakeholders with divergent interests. This working paper provides … an overview of the patent landscape of medical treatments and technologies related to COVID-19, and of the patent status …

stakeholders. Patent holdup and holdout directly impacts the innovation and dissemination of patented technology, the harmonization … the extent and impact of patent holdup and holdout in the ICT sector, and then about how to eliminate or reduce these … made great efforts to solve the issue of patent holdup and holdout, there is still an ongoing struggle among divergent …

how, and the extent to which a precautionary approach could be crystallized in the intellectual property (IP) patent …