Essays about: "compulsory patent"
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1. The Medicinal Mandate: Legal and Policy Implications of Compulsory Licensing on Patented Pharmaceuticals in the European Union to Encourage Access to Medicine during Cross Border Health Crises
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för handelsrättAbstract : Patented pharmaceuticals limit medicine access; Compulsory Licensing bridges the gap between Intellectual Property Rights and the Right to Health. The COVID-19 Pandemic sparked debates on medicine access and prompted legal revisions for improved systems. READ MORE
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2. Patent Law and Green Technology: The role of patent law mechanisms in the development and diffusion of "green technologies"
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för handelsrättAbstract : Patent law has been prevalent in climate change discussions, as a factor linking technology, Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) and the climate crisis. The inventive step, its set threshold and the environmental benefits for the assessment of its current state, are one of the paths where patent law can act as a potential promoter of green technologies. READ MORE
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3. Access patented vaccines in the time of COVID-19 pandemic
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för handelsrättAbstract : This thesis aims to describe and analyze three different solutions on how to make vaccines for COVID-19 available from a patent law perspective under the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS). Under the TRIPS, patent law provides exclusive rights for vaccine inventors to prevent or stop others from commercially exploiting the patented invention for 20 years. READ MORE
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4. Patents And Human Rights : Conflicts with Access to Medicine in Pandemics, and COVID-19 Recommendations
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Juridiska institutionenAbstract : Since the last century, many wars and violations of Human Rights were direct reasons that set the pace to develop Human Rights laws, especially after the end of World War II and the holocausts associated with it. One of the critical Human Rights is that ‘to life’, relating to the right ‘to health’, hence the fundamental accessibility to healthcare services and products. READ MORE
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5. Using Compulsory Licenses to Facilitate Access to Medicines: The Indian Experience
University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionenAbstract : The attempts to make use of a compulsory licensing provision under the TRIPS Agreement brought human rights, notably, the right to health, into the foreground of the debate between patents and access to medicines. This whole thesis is about the existing tensions between the two regimes – patents and human rights. READ MORE