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<p>Balancing or Lobbying? On the Access to Medicines and the European Parliament’s Amendments to the Proposed EU Trademark Rules</p>

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Title Statement <p>Balancing or Lobbying? On the Access to Medicines and the European Parliament’s Amendments to the Proposed EU Trademark Rules</p>
 
Added Entry - Uncontrolled Name Acquah, Daniel Opoku; Faculty of Law, University of Turku
This article was written within the framework of the research project ‘‘eCoherence – Reconciling economic and non-economic values in a multi-polar society’’, financed by the Academy of Finland.
 
Uncontrolled Index Term intellectual property rights; access to medicines; EU trademark rules; balancing; European Parliament
 
Summary, etc. <p>Enhanced intellectual property rules are noted as among the forces limiting the global access to medicines. In the EU, it is the Border Measures Regulation that has caused major upsets for generic medicines making transit at its borders in the past. However, the Commission’s recent proposal for changes to the EU trademark rules promises another layer of restrain on access. In adopting the proposal, the European Parliament has moved to correct this syndrome by suggesting amendments that balance between intellectual property and public health. But, can that pass the influence of corporate lobbyist? This essay argues that for the sake of certainty (erasing all ambiguities), the European Parliament’s amendments are good law and should be maintained.</p>
 
Publication, Distribution, Etc. Journal of Intellectual Property Rights (JIPR)
2023-04-05 12:51:41
 
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http://op.niscair.res.in/index.php/JIPR/article/view/6609
 
Data Source Entry Journal of Intellectual Property Rights (JIPR); ##issue.vol## 19, ##issue.no## 6 (2014): Journal of Intellectual Property Rights
 
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Nonspecific Relationship Entry http://op.niscair.res.in/index.php/JIPR/article/download/6609/16964