Compulsory licensing for public health [[electronic resource] ] : a guide and model documents for implementation of the Doha Declaration paragraph 6 decision / / Frederick M. Abbott and Rudolf V. Van Puymbroeck

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910450396703321
• Autore: Abbott Frederick M
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, DC, : World Bank, 2005
• ISBN: 1-280-17719-5; 9786610177196; 0-8213-6293-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (80 p.)
• Collana: World Bank working paper ; ; no. 61
• Altri autori (Persone): Van PuymbroeckRudolf V. <1945->
• Disciplina: 344.04
• Soggetti: Compulsory licensing of patents; Drugs; Drugs - Law and legislation; Pharmacy - Law and legislation; Public health laws, International; Public health - Developing countries; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Foreword; Abstract; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I; The Doha Declaration and the Paragraph 6 Decision-A Concise Explanation; Part II; Model Legal Documents; Document 1: Notification by Developing Country Member to Council for TRIPS of Intention to use System as Importer:; Document 2: Importation under the Paragraph 6 Decision: Notification by Least-Developed Country Member; Document 3: Importation under the Paragraph 6 Decision: Notification by Developing Country Member; Document 4: Notification to Right Holder of Issuance of Compulsory License; Document 5: Patent Act Amendment for ExportingDocument 6: Patent Act Amendment for Importing; Appendixes; A. Implementation of Paragraph 6 of the Doha Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health; B. General Council Chairperson's Statement; C. ; Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health; D. Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights, Article 31-Other Use Without Authorization of the Right Holder
• Sommario/riassunto: This work addresses the complexity of the WTO's August 30,. 2003 decision on the implementation of paragraph 6 of the Doha Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health. It provides an explanation of the decision and model legal texts for the required notifications to the WTO and for the amendments of their patent law that most developing countries will need to pass in order to incorporate the decision in their domestic legal framework.