Pledges and pitfalls: Canada’s legislation on compulsory licensing of pharmaceuticals for export – International Journal of Intellectual Property Management, Vol. 1, Nos. 1/2, 2006
In May 2004, at the urging of civil society advocates, Canada became the first country to enact detailed legislation implementing the August 2003 decision of the World Trade Organization allowing compulsory licensing of pharmaceutical patents in a WTO Member for the purpose of exporting lower-cost generic products to countries lacking sufficient capacity to manufacture their … Lire plus