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Edited by Jens Schovsbo, dr.jur., PhD, Professor of Intellectual Property Law, Center for Information and Innovation Law (CIIR), University of Copenhagen, Denmark<i>‘The book is an excellent publication and testament to the benefits of conferences such as the annual ATRIP Congress which bring together enthusiastic IP scholars dedicated to researching and sharing new ideas and solutions to emerging issues in IP. Several chapters focus on exploring flexibility in the application of patents and trade secrets through licensing arrangements, waivers, and exceptions as an answer to addressing shortages in the supply and distribution of essential medicines and vaccines to the global community.’</i>
- Amy Tesoriero, Intellectual Property Forum,
<i>‘If the COVID pandemic had a silver lining, it’s that it led us to reconsider exclusive rights as the principal mechanism for encouraging innovation. This book is a brilliant contribution to that analysis. In its pages, scholars from around the globe discuss flexibilities in the current IP regime and offer new approaches, both inside and outside that system, to improve access.’</i>
- Rochelle Dreyfuss, New York University School of Law, US,
The book investigates varying experiences from the pandemic, providing a unique prism for assessing how IP balances competing requirements of innovation and access in times of crisis. The chapters, from an impressive array of contributors, examine the role and function of the rules on patents, copyright and trade secrets both in securing vaccines and in delivering much-needed access to cultural and educational material in a locked-down world, so doing through social, legal and political lenses.
Providing novel insight into the underlying principles of IP and how these cope under extreme pressures, Intellectual Property Rights in Times of Crisis will be an ideal read for scholars and students of intellectual property as well as those with an interest in health law and disaster law and health care law.