Abbott, Frederick M.Van Puymbroeck, Rudolf V.2012-06-062012-06-0620050-8213-6292-5https://hdl.handle.net/10986/7269The Doha Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health recognized that developing countries with insufficient, or no manufacturing capacity in the pharmaceutical sector could face difficulties in making effective use of compulsory licensing under the TRIPS Agreement. The World Health Organization's (WTO) decision of August 30, 2003 set up a system intended to overcome these difficulties. The present work is a guide to the implementation of that system. The first part gives the reader an understanding of the issues involved; the second part provides model documents for use by governments. Four model instruments of notification are included: three for notification of the WTO as required by the Decision, and one for notification of the patent or right holder pursuant to Article 31 of the TRIPS Agreement. Because most countries will have to amend their legislation (typically their patent law) to implement the system, model amendment provisions have been provided both for exporting countries, and for importing countries. All model documents contain their own detailed commentary.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOANTI-COMPETITIVE PRACTICESCANCERCOMMERCIAL POLICYCOMMERCIAL USECOMPONENT MATERIALSCOMPULSORY LICENSESCOMPULSORY LICENSINGDEVELOPED COUNTRIESDOMESTIC LAWDOMESTIC LEGISLATIONDOMESTIC MARKETDOMESTIC SUPPLYECONOMIC VALUEECONOMIES OF SCALEEFFECTIVE USEEXERCISESEXPORTING COUNTRIESEXPORTING COUNTRYFINISHED PRODUCTSIMPORTING COUNTRIESIMPORTING COUNTRYINCOMEINCOME COUNTRIESINTELLECTUAL PROPERTYINTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTSINTERNATIONAL COMMUNITYINTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONSINTERNATIONAL TRADEINTRA-REGIONAL TRADELEGAL FRAMEWORKLEGAL ISSUESLEGAL REQUIREMENTLEGAL RULESLEGAL SIGNIFICANCELEGAL STATUSLOCAL PRODUCTIONMALARIAMEDIAMEDICINESMEMBER COUNTRIESMEMBER COUNTRYMEMBER STATESMULTILATERAL NEGOTIATIONSNATIONAL COURTNATIONAL LAWNATIONAL LEGISLATIONPARTNERSHIPPATENT PROTECTIONPATENTED PROCESSPATENTSPATIENTSPRODUCT PATENTPUBLIC HEALTHPUBLIC NON-COMMERCIAL USEREGIONAL TRADEREGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTREGIONAL TRADE ARRANGEMENTSREGULATORY FRAMEWORKSUBSIDIARY RIGHTSTAXATIONTECHNICAL ASSISTANCETECHNOLOGY TRANSFERTRADE DIVERSIONTRADE POLICIESTRADE REGIMETRIPS AGREEMENTTRIPS] AGREEMENTWORLD TRADEWORLD TRADE ORGANIZATIONWTOWTO AGREEMENTWTO MEMBERSWorld Bank10.1596/978-0-8213-6292-1