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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"TRIPS flexibilities"”.
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Trips flexibilities and access to essential medicines in South Africa
… the use of international intellectual property flexibilities that are targeted and designed to protect and preserve access to medicine and health care. This dissertation will discuss a number of reasons and influences that have an effect on South Africa's accessibility to medicine through the …
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An examination of South Africa’s efforts at patent system reform: trips flexibilities fully appropriated for public health needs?
… Property (IP) Policy take advantage of the flexibilities made available through the Agreement on Trade- Related Aspects of Intellectual Property (TRIPS)? Patents law and access to medicines are two areas which are not new to South African IP law. Since the late 1990s when the Human …
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The legal and political imperatives for proposed amendments of the South African Patents Act to implement TRIPS flexibilities and enhance the framework for access to medicines
… open to South Africa through international IP flexibilities, which are aimed at safeguarding public health rights against the sometimes access-restricting effects of patent right monopolies. Potential pitfalls are also highlighted, noting strategies for South Africa to avoid the worst of them. …
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The Implications of Introducing Sustainability and Climate Change as Grounds for Compulsory Licensing Under the World Trade Organization (WTO) Trade Related Intellectual Property (TRIPS) Agreement
… case studies to examine the scope of existing TRIPS flexibilities and their potential application to climate technologies. The findings show that while the TRIPS framework does not expressly recognize climate change as a ground for compulsory licensing, public-interest-oriented interpretations …
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Intellectual property, innovation and trade: strategies for the actualisation of agenda 2063 of the African Union
… Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) and impose rigid standards, often neglecting the flexibilities that could enhance agricultural productivity. The thesis calls for a pro-development, TRIPS-compliant intellectual property framework that deliberately utilises TRIPS …
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Let's not wait until a crisis for change to occur: a critical analysis of patent law in South Africa and its role in (not) fulfilling the constitutional right to health
… to improve access such as encouraging use of the TRIPS flexibilities and the implementation of the Intellectual Property Policy of the Republic of South Africa Phase I has yielded the desired result. The analysis reveals that high prices of patented medicines negatively impact the population that …