explains a number of international developments demonstrating continuing tensions between intellectual property rights and health. In particular, it examines steps at the World Health Organization in relation to so-called 'counterfeit' medicines and the Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products, as well as domestic and international challenges to Australia's plain tobacco packaging law.
19 June 2013
IP and health
'Growing Conflicts Between Intellectual Property Rights and Health' by Tania Voon in (2013) 2 European Intellectual Property Review