Month: July 2020

2020 · International Intellectual Property Law · IP Policy · TRIPS Agreement · WTO

Saudi Arabia’s appeal ‘into the void’ at the WTO

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The recent panel report in Saudi Arabia – Measures Concerning the Protection of Intellectual Property Rights, the first intellectual property dispute where a WTO panel examined the security exception in Article 73 of the TRIPS Agreement, has now been appealed by Saudi Arabia ‘into the void‘. This means that the WTO’s dispute settlement body cannot adopt… Continue reading Saudi Arabia’s appeal ‘into the void’ at the WTO

2020 · Doha Declaration on TRIPS and Public Health · Intellectual Property · International Intellectual Property Law · IP Policy · TRIPS Agreement · Uncategorized

The Legal Status of the Doha Declaration on TRIPS and Public Health

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In this post, the last of a series on the recent decision of the WTO’s Appellate Body in the Australia – Plain Packaging case, I want to focus on how both the panel and the Appellate Body approached the issue of the legal status of the Doha Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health of 2001. … Continue reading The Legal Status of the Doha Declaration on TRIPS and Public Health