It’s difficult to achieve innovation without the protection of ideas, and as a growing share of global economic value creation and exchange has become knowledge-based, intellectual property rights and protections have become an increasingly important facet of global trade. This category includes all GTIPA-member reports addressing trade and IP issues.
In the future who knows what other innovations will come. But when they do come they will come primarily because of strong patent IP protections.
The report “COVID-19 India’s Vaccine Development Story” was published on February 23, 2022 by the Institute for Competitiveness in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India (GoI).
Hidden Layers is our new technology newsletter covering tech policy developments in the United States and the European Union, to keep both sides of the Atlantic informed on a quarterly basis.
This was first published at the Transatlantic Technology and Trade Working Group at the Transatlantic Leadership Network. It was prepared for a private event on the EU-U.S. Trade and Technology Council.
The call to remove IP on Covid-19 products could be counterproductive, slowing the innovation response to pandemics – current and future – and stemming the relevant technology and knowledge flows globally. The reason is simple: An absence of IP protection would make knowledge and technology sharing unduly risky.
The Covid pandemic has energised opponents of the WTO TRIPS Agreement, who have long wished to weaken permanently intellectual property (IP) rules.
This report tells the story of how COVID-19 vaccines and treatments were rapidly developed and delivered to society, focusing on the enabling role of IP.
Indonesia responded to its placement on the 2021 Priority Watch List (PWL) from the United States Trade Representative’s Office (USTR) by announcing its commitment to prevent and tackle widespread piracy and counterfeit.
