Patent Games in the Global South

Pharmaceutical Patent Law-Making in Brazil, India and Nigeria
Erscheinungsjahr 2021
ISBN: 978-1-5099-5502-2
Verlag: Hart Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 367 g

In this thought-provoking analysis, the author takes three examples of emerging markets (Brazil, India, and Nigeria) and tells their stories of pharmaceutical patent law-making.

Adopting historiographical and socio-legal approaches, focus is drawn to the role of history, social networks and how relationships between a variety of actors shape the framing of, and subsequently the responses to, national implementation of international patent law. In doing so, the book reveals why the experience of Nigeria - a country active in opposing the inclusion of IP to the WTO framework during the Uruguay Rounds - is so different from that of Brazil and India.

This book makes an original and useful contribution to the further understanding of how both states and non-state actors conceptualise, establish and interpret pharmaceutical patents law, and its domestic implications on medicines access, public health and development. Patent Games in the Global South was awarded the 2018 SIEL-Hart Prize in International Economic Law.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Vanni, Amaka

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Ausländisches Recht Mittel-/Südamerika
• Rechtswissenschaften Ausländisches Recht Afrika (außer Südafrika)
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationaler Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz, Medien-, IT- und Urheberrecht
• Rechtswissenschaften Ausländisches Recht Asien (inkl. Türkei und Naher Osten)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. General Overview

I. Introduction

II. Terminology

III. Why Brazil and India?

IV. Book Outline

2. Understanding Patents

I. Introduction

II. The National Phase

III. The Multilateral Phase - The Paris Convention

IV. The Global Phase - TRIPS Agreement

V. Conclusion

3. Views from the South: Critical Approaches to the Global Patent Regime

I. Introduction

Part I: TWAIL Theory

II. Understanding TWAIL

III. Situating TWAIL within the Global Patent Regime

IV. Reading TRIPS Text through Twailian Lens

V. Mind the Gap: On Limitations of TWAIL

Part II: Nodal Governance

VI. Understanding Nodal Governance

VII. Nodal Governance and the Pharmaceutical Patent Regime

VIII. Application of Nodal Governance to this Study

IX. Conclusion

4. Brazil - The Juridical State

I. Introduction

II. Historical Evolution of the Patent Regime in Brazil

III. Unpacking the Industrial Property Law of Brazil

IV. The Constitutional Right to Health

V. Resistance from Below: Social Movement and Patent Law

VI. Engaging with the World: Towards Development

VII. Conclusion

5. India: From Little Acorns to Mighty Oaks

I. Introduction

II. Historical Evolution of Patent Law in India

III. Development and Competing Interests

IV. Indian Patents (Amendment) Act of 2005: Unpacking Key Issues

V. Medicine Access and the Nation-State as Site of Global Struggles

VI. Conclusion

6. Nigeria: Disconnects, Discontinuities and the Spectacle of Reform

I. Introduction

II. Historical Evolution of the Patent Regime in Nigeria

III. Unpacking the Patents and Designs Act of 1990

IV. State Regulatory Agencies and Patent Regime

V. Patent Law-making and Nigerian Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Sector

VI. Conclusion

7. General Conclusions

I. Appraising the Discussion

II. What is the Way Forward for Nigeria?

Über Autor(innen)

Vanni, Amaka
Dr. Amaka Vanni is a legal scholar and documentary filmmaker based in Lagos, Nigeria. Her work lies at the intersection of international economic law, development, and global governance. Her research and teaching are on topics of intellectual property, international trade, global health, philantrocapitalism, gender, legal theory and history, human right and the impact of colonialism on various aspect of postcolonial societies. She completed an undergraduate degree in International Relations and Politics at Keele University, UK. She holds a Masters in Law degree in International Economic Law and completed a doctorate in same field from the University of Warwick. Her doctoral thesis won the 2018 SIEL-Hart Prize in International Economic Law.

Amaka Vanni holds a PhD in International Economic Law from the University of Warwick and is a legal scholar and documentary filmmaker based in Lagos, Nigeria.