This Research Paper is a contribution to the debate and reform process of the WHO to enable it to respond to the health and health policy challenges of the twenty-first century. More specifically, this paper addresses the issue of the pharmaceutical innovation system within the perspective of...

The judiciary fulfils a central role in relation to intellectual property enforcement. The EU Commission's public consultation of December 2015 contains a specific subsection devoted to specialized courts, asking whether legal action at a court specialized in intellectual property provides an...

This paper reflects on the role of trade policy and trade rules in delivering on two key policy challenges in global public health: improving innovation in the healthcare industry and securing access to the goods and services required to deliver on the 2030 Agenda's ambitious health objectives....

The fourth issue of the series jointly published by the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development and the Center for International Intellectual Property Studies explores the impact of plurilateralism on intellectual property law. The chapters making up this volume review...

Preferential trade agreements have become a major source of international intellectual property regulation. This paper analyses the preferential trade agreements notified to the World Trade Organization and identifies which among them regulate intellectual property in a significant manner, which...

The 2007 version of this chapter started by noting that “In the last decade the relationship between human rights and intellectual property rights has moved centre stage on the agenda of diverse international forums.” Eight years later, the central importance of the interface between...