The US Administration announced on 5 May that it supports waiving intellectual property (IP) protections for Covid-19 vaccines. “These extraordinary times and circumstances call for extraordinary measures,” US trade ambassador Katherine Tai said. More than 100 developing countries have called on…
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Brexit and intangible capital
Britain’s decision to leave the EU, scheduled to happen in March 2019, has created the opportunity for a comprehensive review of key elements of the UK’s patent, copyright and trademark laws and rules. Until last year’s referendum, Britain was committed…
Intellectual capital and TTIP
The draft intellectual property (IP) rights chapter of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement being negotiated between the US and 11 Pacific nations was published by Wikileaks on 9 October. The 60-page document covers topics that economists normally don’t worry about:…