Ryan Erdman is an IPilogue Writer and a 2L JD Candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School. In a truly monumental achievement in scientific innovation, there are now over a dozen authorized COVID-19…
Tag: TRIPS
TRIPS: A Barrier to Covid-19 Vaccine Access?
With international efforts to administer the Covid-19 vaccinations underway, a glaring disparity in the vaccine distribution has emerged. High-income countries, composing about 16% of the world’s population, have purchased approximately…
When Trade and Intellectual Property Collide
When trade and intellectual property collide, strange things happen. In a dispute opposing Antigua and Barbuda to the United States at the World Trade Organization (WTO), that organization authorized Antigua…
Patenting Health: You Cannot Own the Laws of Nature
On March 20, 2012, the United States Supreme Court decided Mayo Collaborative Services v. Prometheus Laboratories, Inc., 132 S. Ct. 1289 (U.S. 2012). The case was unanimous and emphatically reaffirmed…
India’s First Compulsory Licence: Patents vs Public Health?
In a move with far reaching implications for the debates around pharmaceutical patents, innovation and access to medicines, the Indian patent office issued its first ever compulsory licence in the…
Warning Labels Threaten Tobacco Trade-marks – Or do They?
Dan Whalen is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School In late December, industry leader British American Tobacco won permission in Australian courts to pursue damages against a local…