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Patents and Public Health / The Article 31 bis Amendment
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Chapter 1 Introduction
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Chapter 2 Patents and society
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26–28
Chapter 3 The legalising policy thoughts in the Public Health Declaration
26–28
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29–41
Chapter 4 The circumstances leading up to the Public Health Declaration
29–41
29–30
A. Introduction
29–30
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30–41
B. The events preceding the Public Health Declaration
30–41
30–34
I. The GATT system and the Uruguay Round
30–34
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34–41
II. The implementation of the TRIPS Agreement
34–41
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42–155
Chapter 5 An analysis of the TRIPS Agreement
42–155
42–47
A. Nature and scope of the TRIPS Agreement
42–47
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47–69
B. The object and purpose of the TRIPS Agreement
47–69
47–51
I. An analysis of the preamble
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51–53
II. An analysis of Article 7 TRIPS
51–53
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53–56
III. An analysis of Article 8.1 TRIPS
53–56
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56–58
IV. An analysis of Article 8.2 TRIPS Agreement
56–58
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58–60
V. The influence of the international customary rule of interpretation on the object and purpose provisions
58–60
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60–65
VI. The role of ‘flexibility’ in the object and purposes of the TRIPS Agreement
60–65
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1. The flexibilities found in the object and purposes provisions
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2. The role of the object and purpose provisions in flexibilities found in other TRIPS provision
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3. The relevance given to the role of flexibility in the object and purpose provisions by the Member States
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65–68
VII. The role of health in the object and purpose of the TRIPS Agreement
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68–69
VIII. Other influences on the object and purpose of the TRIPS Agreement
68–69
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69–154
C. The material provisions of the TRIPS Agreement
69–154
69–85
I. The subject matter of patents
69–85
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1. Article 27.1 of the TRIPS Agreement
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2. Article 27.2 of the TRIPS Agreement
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a) Commercial exploitation
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b) Necessity
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c) Discrimination and differentiation
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d) Implementation restrictions relating to the Article 27.2 exclusion
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3. Conclusion
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85–86
II. Rights conferred to the patent holder
85–86
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86–145
III. The withdrawal and limitation of rights conferred
86–145
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1. Revocation
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2. Limited exceptions
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3. Compulsory licenses
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a) General
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aa) The compulsory license system
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bb) Grounds for compulsory licenses
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cc) Discrimination
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dd) Causality approach
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ee) The relationship between Article 31 of the TRIPS Agreement and Article 5A(4) of the Paris Convention
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ff) Commercial use of compulsory licenses
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b) Article 31 (a)
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c) Article 31 (b), first sentence
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d) Article 31 (b), second sentence
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aa) Extreme urgencies and national emergencies
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bb) Public non-commercial use
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e) Article 31 (c)
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aa) Scope
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bb) Duration
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f) Article 31 (d)
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g) Article 31 (e)
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h) Article 31 (f)
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i) Article 31 (g)
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j) Article 31 (h)
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k) Article 31 (i and j)
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l) Article 31 (k)
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m) Conclusion
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IV. Disclosure
145–149
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149–154
V. Exhaustion
149–154
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154–155
D. Conclusion
154–155
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Chapter 6 The Public Health Declaration
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156–161
A. The scope of the Public Health Declaration
156–161
156–159
I. Clarification of the relationship between the TRIPS Agreement and public health
156–159
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II. Countries without domestic productions facilities
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160–161
III. The postponed implementation of certain TRIPS-obligations
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B. The legal status of the Public Health Declaration
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C. The effect of the Public Health Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement
163–185
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I. The scope and purpose
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1. The customary rules of interpretation
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2. The Public Health Declaration and Articles 7 and 8 of the TRIPS Agreement
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3. The Public Health Declaration and the right to health
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4. Conclusion
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II. The material obligations
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1. Exhaustion
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2. Compulsory licenses
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a) The flexibilities in paragraph 5 of the Public Health Declaration
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b) Paragraph 5(b) of the Public Health Declaration
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c) Paragraph 5(c) of the Public Health Declaration
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d) Subsequent developments
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e) Conclusion
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III. The extension of the transitional period for LDCs
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1. Paragraph 7 of the Public Health Declaration
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2. The TRIPS Council decision extending the transition period
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3. The General Council waiver of Article 70.9
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185–185
IV. Member States without domestic pharmaceutical production facilities
185–185
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186–222
Chapter 7 The solution to the paragraph 6 dilemma
186–222
186–190
A. The identification of the paragraph 6 issues
186–190
186–187
I. The scope of paragraph 6
186–187
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187–188
II. Manufacturing capacity
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188–188
III. Insufficient or no capacities
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188–189
IV. Pharmaceutical sector
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189–189
V. Effective use of the compulsory license system
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189–190
VI. Potential paragraph 6 solutions
189–190
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B. The 30 August 2003 decision
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I. The legal effect of the Decision and the Chairman’s Statement
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1. The waivers in the Decision
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2. The Decision’s moratorium
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3. The Chairman’s Statement
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197–198
II. The scope of the Decision
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III. The legal implications of the Decision
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1. The pharmaceutical product
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2. Eligible countries
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a) The exporting Member State
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b) The importing Member State
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c) Conclusion
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3. Safeguards
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a) Safeguards inherent to the system
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b) General safeguards
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4. Transfer of technology
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217–218
IV. Procedure for the adoption of a final solution
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C. Article 31 bis of the TRIPS Agreement
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Chapter 8 The realisation opportunities afforded by the Public Health Declaration
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A. Norway
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B. Canada
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C. The Netherlands
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D. India
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C. EC
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F. Related measures taken to reflect the Public Health Declaration
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I. International and multilateral policies and measures
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II. Bilateral policies and measures
242–245
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245–247
III. National policies and measures
245–247
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247–247
G. Conclusion
247–247
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Chapter 9 Definitive consequences of the Public Health Declaration
248–250
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251–261
Bibliography
251–261
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Cited treaties, legislation and similar legal documents
262–267
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Cited cases
268–271
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Annex I: Public Health Declaration
272–274
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275–281
Annex II: 30 August 2003 Decision
275–281
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282–290
Annex III: The Article 31 bis Amendment
282–290
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291–292
Annex IV: Examples of royalty rates in compulsory licensing & related cases
291–292
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Patents and Public Health , page 282 - 290
The Article 31 bis Amendment
Autoren
Andrew Law
DOI
doi.org/10.5771/9783845212654-282
ISBN print: 978-3-8329-4078-2
ISBN online: 978-3-8452-1265-4
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