The Current Patent System Favours Corporations
A proposal has been made to initiate a debate on patent quality at the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO). The expression ‘patent quality’ ambiguously alludes to a growing problem, faced...
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Will There Finally Be a Cure for Diseases that Affect the Poor?
Innovation in the pharmaceutical industry has declined drastically in the last ten years despite the high profitability of the so-called “research-based” industry, and the availability of better and...
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OPINION: Tackling the Proliferation of Patents to Avoid Limitations to...
In this column, Carlos Correa, the South Centre's special adviser on trade and intellectual property issues, argues that the global increase in number of patents does not indicate the strength of...
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OPINION: Patent Examination and Legal Fictions: How Rights are Created on...
In this column*, Carlos Correa, the South Centre's special adviser on trade and intellectual property issues, argues that the rights conferred by patents are based on partial and often imperfect...
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Carlos Correa, is the special adviser on trade and intellectual property issues of the South Centre. http://www.southcentre.intBy Carlos M. CorreaGENEVA, Oct 15 2015 (IPS)The pharmaceutical industry...
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