Tripping up TRIPS debates IP and health in bilateral agreements

International Journal of Intellectual Property Management

Volumn 1, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 37-53

  Morin, Jean Frédéric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Access to medicine; Bilateral; Doha declaration; Free trade agreements; Health; Legal transplant; TRIPS plus; USA

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449575064     PISSN: 14789647     EISSN: 14789655     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJIPM.2006.011021     Document Type: Article

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