Cynthia M. Ho
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- May 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780195390124
- eISBN:
- 9780199894536
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195390124.003.0012
- Subject:
- Law, Intellectual Property, IT, and Media Law
This chapter provides a broader view of the development of international laws impacting the protection of drugs. Whereas prior chapters focused primarily on how patent-owning companies impact these ...
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This chapter provides a broader view of the development of international laws impacting the protection of drugs. Whereas prior chapters focused primarily on how patent-owning companies impact these laws, this chapter shows that such companies do not necessarily always dominate the conversation. In particular, just as companies have utilized tools such as forum shifting and trade pressures to achieve their goals, access to medicine proponents have used forum shifting and public pressure to promote their interests. The chapter demonstrates that the development of laws and policies impacting access to medicine is a dynamic process in which competing patent perspectives (as well as their confluence) play an important role.Less
This chapter provides a broader view of the development of international laws impacting the protection of drugs. Whereas prior chapters focused primarily on how patent-owning companies impact these laws, this chapter shows that such companies do not necessarily always dominate the conversation. In particular, just as companies have utilized tools such as forum shifting and trade pressures to achieve their goals, access to medicine proponents have used forum shifting and public pressure to promote their interests. The chapter demonstrates that the development of laws and policies impacting access to medicine is a dynamic process in which competing patent perspectives (as well as their confluence) play an important role.
