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 …

India's trade-related aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) compliant Patent (Amendment) Act 2005 saw the … transformation of its laws from a process patent regime to a product patent regime. The amendments have had a direct impact on India … instance of success of the TRIPS provisions in Articles 7 and 8 read along with the Doha Declaration. It will be queried if …

, India and Thailand. The book succeeds in giving a balanced account of what happened after TRIPS and suggests that the impact …'Has TRIPS contributed to the catch-up of developing countries or has it only strengthened the power of big … of TRIPS alone was probably not that critical. Many readers will find the case studies on pharmaceuticals and other …