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Trips-Plus Intellectual Property Rules: Impact On Thailand's Public Health, Jakkrit Kuanpoth
Trips-Plus Intellectual Property Rules: Impact On Thailand's Public Health, Jakkrit Kuanpoth
Faculty of Law - Papers (Archive)
Thailandhas proved that a well-fund, politically-supported public policy could be effective in preventing the spread of HIV/AIDS on a national scale. It is currently facing increased pressure to accept higher standards of intellectual property (IP) protection (the so-called TRIPS-Plus) under bilateral free trade agreements (FTA) proposed by theUnited States. The proposed US FTA threatens to restrict the measures the country can take to pursue affordable drugs, and will affect ability ofThailandto continue its successful ARV treatment and other healthcare programmes. The paper argues that the TRIPS-Plus regime generates a negative impact on poor people’s access to medicines, and the ARV …
Intellectual Property Law In Southeast Asia: Recent Legislative And Institutional Developments, Christoph Antons
Intellectual Property Law In Southeast Asia: Recent Legislative And Institutional Developments, Christoph Antons
Faculty of Law - Papers (Archive)
Over the last few decades, countries belonging to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) all had to revise their intellectual property systems. These revisions resulted at first from bilateral pressure of major trading partners such as the US and EU, then from the WTO-TRIPS Agreement and more recently from bilateral Free Trade Agreements. To observe the IP developments in ASEAN over this period is interesting, because this group of countries covers developed (Singapore), developing as well as least developed countries. All countries had to reform their outdated laws from the colonial era in very short time. However, in comparison …
Traditional Knowledge And Intellectual Property Rights In Australia And Southeast Asia, Christoph Antons
Traditional Knowledge And Intellectual Property Rights In Australia And Southeast Asia, Christoph Antons
Faculty of Law - Papers (Archive)
This paper will present a short survey of various approaches to traditional knowledge and folklore protection in Australia and Southeast Asia. It seems that both the terminology used in the debate about traditional knowledge and folklore and the legal solutions envisaged are very diverse. Over the last decade there has been an explosion of international declarations and organisations advocating internationally harmonised notions of rights to culture, often on behalf of indigenous minorities or other local communities. This often leads to what Cowan, Dembour and Wilson2 have called “strategic essentialism”. The term refers to the attempts by activists from or working …