The persistent attempts of the major industrial nations to press ahead with the newly initiated (Doha) round of international trade negotiations under the auspices of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) have met with resistance from the developing countries (DCs). The failure of the WTO Ministerial meeting in Cancun and the slow pace of trade negotiations both before and since then are potent pr...

This paper describes recent progress on the TRIPS architecture for developing spoken-language dialogue systems. The interactive poster session will include demonstrations of two systems built using TRIPS: a computer purchasing assistant, and an object placement (and manipulation) task.

Although there has been substantial discussion of the proper scope of patentable subject matter in recent years, drugs have been overlooked. This Article begins to address that gap with a comparative perspective. In particular, this Article considers what is permissible under the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS), as well as how India and Canada have uti...

Technological or institutional change has proven to be big cause for failure of established firms and history is full of such examples. The stregnhthening of patent laws as a result of TRIPs (Trade Related intellectual property rights) agreement represents such a institutional change for knowledge based industries from developing countries. This represents a radical break with the past in which...

BACKGROUND Although it has been two decades since the Thai Patent Act was amended to comply with the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS), there has been little emphasis given to assessing the implications of this amendment. The purpose of this review is to summarize the health and economic impact of patent protection, with a focus on the experience of Thai...

INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................... 3 I. EXPORTING CLINICAL TRIAL DATA EXCLUSIVITY REGIMES FROM DEVELOPED TO DEVELOPING COUNTRIES .......................... 9 A. The Egregiously High Costs and Risks of Clinical Trials .......... 9 B. The Domestic Response .............................................................. 11 C....

to try to bring them into line with their obligations under the TRIPS agreement. This national process is likely to accelerate the biopiracy phenomenon. With careful and intelligent legal and policy choices, developing countries can try to avoid some of the worse aspects of implementing their TRIPS obligations. But a fundamental rethink and amendment of the multilateral rules is essential if th...

Purpose The purpose of this study is to contribute towards the debate about global access COVID-19 vaccines, therapeutics and diagnostics. Design/methodology/approach scramble for vaccine other related pharmaceutical products have once again exposed limitations Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS). High-income countries are claiming a lion’s share first availa...

Abstract On 6 December 2006, Australia and Korea announced a joint study on a possible Australia-Korea free trade agreement (AKFTA) to promote trade and economic relations between the two countries. The paper provides empirical evidence on the possible gains and their transmission mechanism from this agreement. Significantly, it uses a new economic policy modelling approach, the endogenous grav...