The existence of TRIPS-plus provisions in bilateral or regional trade agreements may suggest that the TRIPS agreement is no ...
Least developed countries (LDCs) benefit from specific flexibilities under the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS), including an ...
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has a high disease burden. This is largely attributed to HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, and, most recently, life-style diseases, such as cancer and ...
In December 2022, the Office of the United States Trade Representative requested that the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) conduct a study concerning possibly expanding the “waiver” for ...
The Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade, and Investment has launched NIPPS to modernize its intellectual property framework, ...
“While much of the debate surrounding the TRIPS waiver for COVID-19-related vaccines has focused on patent rights, the TRIPS Waivers Act targets several forms of IP that could be impacted by ...
Senior patent attorneys at Licks Attorneys say recent UK court decisions on FRAND licensing conflict with Brazilian judicial sovereignty and the TRIPS framework governing the territorial independence ...
Xinzhu Liang of CCPIT Patent and Trademark Law Office summarises the main characteristics of intellectual property rights protection by Chinese customs, the procedures involved, and the pitfalls to ...