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Brazil's Recent Threat On Abbott's Patent: Resolution Or Retaliation, Jennifer Bjornberg
Brazil's Recent Threat On Abbott's Patent: Resolution Or Retaliation, Jennifer Bjornberg
Northwestern Journal of International Law & Business
In June 2005, Brazil threatened to infringe the patent of an anti-AIDS medication, Kaletra, patented and produced by a U.S. based pharmaceutical company, Abbott Laboratories. The resulting controversy necessarily implicated the World Trade Organization's Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property ("TRIPS Agreement") as Brazil was a Member Nation under the agreement and Abbott's product was protected under that agreement. Ultimately, the threat came to a voluntary resolution between both parties, but the dispute raised a number of unique questions relating to international trade and public health concerns. This article will discuss the recent controversy between Abbott and Brazil …