Intellectual Property Rights in Times of Crisis
Published on 16. February 2024
Book
Hardback
250 pages
978-1-0353-2356-2 (ISBN)
Description
The latest in the esteemed ATRIP series, this discerning book considers how the global Intellectual Property (IP) system fared in response to the unprecedented global crisis accompanying the Covid-19 pandemic and what lessons can be learned and applied to other crises.
The book investigates varying experiences from the pandemic, providing a unique prism for assessing how IP balances competing requirements of innovation and access in times of crisis. The chapters, from an impressive array of contributors, examine the role and function of the rules on patents, copyright and trade secrets both in securing vaccines and in delivering much-needed access to cultural and educational material in a locked-down world, so doing through social, legal and political lenses.
Providing novel insight into the underlying principles of IP and how these cope under extreme pressures, Intellectual Property Rights in Times of Crisis will be an ideal read for scholars and students of intellectual property as well as those with an interest in health law and disaster law and health care law.
The book investigates varying experiences from the pandemic, providing a unique prism for assessing how IP balances competing requirements of innovation and access in times of crisis. The chapters, from an impressive array of contributors, examine the role and function of the rules on patents, copyright and trade secrets both in securing vaccines and in delivering much-needed access to cultural and educational material in a locked-down world, so doing through social, legal and political lenses.
Providing novel insight into the underlying principles of IP and how these cope under extreme pressures, Intellectual Property Rights in Times of Crisis will be an ideal read for scholars and students of intellectual property as well as those with an interest in health law and disaster law and health care law.
Reviews / Votes
'The book is an excellent publication and testament to the benefits of conferences such as the annual ATRIP Congress which bring together enthusiastic IP scholars dedicated to researching and sharing new ideas and solutions to emerging issues in IP. Several chapters focus on exploring flexibility in the application of patents and trade secrets through licensing arrangements, waivers, and exceptions as an answer to addressing shortages in the supply and distribution of essential medicines and vaccines to the global community.' -- Amy Tesoriero, Intellectual Property Forum 'If the COVID pandemic had a silver lining, it's that it led us to reconsider exclusive rights as the principal mechanism for encouraging innovation. This book is a brilliant contribution to that analysis. In its pages, scholars from around the globe discuss flexibilities in the current IP regime and offer new approaches, both inside and outside that system, to improve access.' -- Rochelle Dreyfuss, New York University School of Law, USMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Cheltenham
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-0353-2356-2 (9781035323562)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Edited by Jens Schovsbo, dr.jur., PhD, Professor of Intellectual Property Law, Center for Information and Innovation Law (CIIR), University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Content
Contents:
IPR in times of crisis - lessons learned from the Covid-19
pandemic: An introduction xi
Jens Schovsbo
1 The COVID-19 TRIPS waiver and the WTO Ministerial Decision 1
Peter K. Yu
2 Two decades after Doha: Compulsory licence and the
Waiver Proposal under the COVID-19 pandemic 26
Cindy Zheng and Angelia Jia Wang
3 Unblocking the human right to access the benefits of
science in the Covid-19 era 59
Genevieve Wilkinson and Evana Wright
4 Proactively ensuring access to essential medical solutions:
Lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic 83
Helen Yu
5 Patent pools: A licensing option for medicines and
vaccines in times of a crisis? 104
Agnieszka Sztoldman
6 Adequate remuneration for Crown use of patents: Some
guidance from constitutional property law 122
Mikhalien du Bois
7 Copyright and COVID 140
Sean M. Flynn
8 Do we need another copyright or another science? (Re)
interpreting the right to science for scholarly publishing 153
Klaus D. Beiter
9 An international instrument on copyright and educational
uses: Regulatory models and lessons 182
Faith Majekolagbe and Giulia Priora
10 Revitalising the UK music industries in the aftermath of
Covid-19: A feminist critique of music copyright 204
Metka Potocnik
IPR in times of crisis - lessons learned from the Covid-19
pandemic: An introduction xi
Jens Schovsbo
1 The COVID-19 TRIPS waiver and the WTO Ministerial Decision 1
Peter K. Yu
2 Two decades after Doha: Compulsory licence and the
Waiver Proposal under the COVID-19 pandemic 26
Cindy Zheng and Angelia Jia Wang
3 Unblocking the human right to access the benefits of
science in the Covid-19 era 59
Genevieve Wilkinson and Evana Wright
4 Proactively ensuring access to essential medical solutions:
Lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic 83
Helen Yu
5 Patent pools: A licensing option for medicines and
vaccines in times of a crisis? 104
Agnieszka Sztoldman
6 Adequate remuneration for Crown use of patents: Some
guidance from constitutional property law 122
Mikhalien du Bois
7 Copyright and COVID 140
Sean M. Flynn
8 Do we need another copyright or another science? (Re)
interpreting the right to science for scholarly publishing 153
Klaus D. Beiter
9 An international instrument on copyright and educational
uses: Regulatory models and lessons 182
Faith Majekolagbe and Giulia Priora
10 Revitalising the UK music industries in the aftermath of
Covid-19: A feminist critique of music copyright 204
Metka Potocnik