Patents and Public Health Legalising the Policy Thoughts in the Doha TRIPS Declaration of 14 November 2001

• Main Author: Law, Andrew (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG 2009
• Series: Munich Intellectual Property Law Center - MIPLC
• Subjects: Markenrecht; Urheberrecht / Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz und Medienrecht; Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Do patents rules prevent countries from acquiring affordable medicines? A number of legal experts and governments have felt that the WTO, in particular the TRIPS Agreement, forces countries to favour patents over public health. The WTO sought to settle this dispute by concluding the Public Health De...