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A Look At The Compulsory License In Investment Arbitration: The Case Of Indirect Expropriation, Christopher Gibson Jan 2010

A Look At The Compulsory License In Investment Arbitration: The Case Of Indirect Expropriation, Christopher Gibson

American University International Law Review

This article covers a timely set of issues concerning the relationship between intellectual property rights (“IPRs”) associated with foreign investments, state-authorized compulsory licenses, trade law (in particular, the TRIPS Agreement), and claims for indirect expropriation that might be brought in investment arbitration. I focus, as a case study, on compulsory licenses and claims of indirect expropriation. Compulsory licenses bear an inherently contentious character. This government authorized license often presents a clash between significant opposing interests – on one side, the legitimate expectations of patent based foreign investors founded on the international investment agreement (“IIA”) and a patent regime that, for …


The Caribbean Basin Initiative: A Proposal To Attract Corporate Investment And Technological Infusion Via An Inter-American System Of Cooperative Protection For Intellectual Property, John Cyril Malloy Iii Oct 1991

The Caribbean Basin Initiative: A Proposal To Attract Corporate Investment And Technological Infusion Via An Inter-American System Of Cooperative Protection For Intellectual Property, John Cyril Malloy Iii

University of Miami Inter-American Law Review

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