On 12 May 2021, Antigua and Barbuda notified the World Trade Organization (WTO) of their general intent to use the compulsory license system provided under article 31bis of the amended Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS). This… Continue Reading
On March 1, 2021, Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) sent a letter to Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the new Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO) regarding the WTO’s COVID-19 response. In the letter, KEI urged Dr. Ngozi to fully step into… Continue Reading
On 14 May 2020, Bernd Lange, Chair of the European Parliament’s Committee on International Trade (INTA) wrote a letter to Phil Hogan (Commissioner for Trade, European Commission) on the “commercial aspects of intellectual property rights for medical products in the… Continue Reading