This paper argues that, while a pro-development interpretation is warranted for the multilateral TRIPS agreement, it … should not be applied to recent bilateral treaties known as “TRIPS Plus.” This case is made despite the fact that TRIPS Plus … which maintains that either: (a) TRIPS was a “fair deal” while TRIPS Plus treaties “go too far”; or (b) TRIPS was bad for …

. After signing the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) Agreement, most developing and least … developed countries agreed to protect pharmaceutical products under the patent system. Beyond the criticisms of this system as … balance must exist between its benefits and costs. The patent system interaction with public health policies is twofold …

the TRIPs Agreement are seen as part of the ideological paradigm that maintains a “a right to property” beyond the state …

This paper presents a way to think about a legal solution to an intractable problem, reconciling a now worldwide patent … rights regime with access to essential medicines. In doing so, it insists that the potentialities of the current TRIPS … source of most generic drugs for poorer people around the world, it is the Indian experience in its interaction with the …

the TRIPS Agreement that will inevitably grow in importance, when trade-related aspects start permeating all intellectual …