Tag Archives | Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS)

IP, vaccine imperialism cause death and suffering, delay recovery

Originally published: IDEA's (International Development Economic Associates) along with Anis Chowdhury on February 17, 2021 (more by IDEA's (International Development Economic Associates) along with Anis Chowdhury) |

Vaccine developers’ refusal to share publicly funded vaccine research findings is stalling broader, affordable vaccinations which would more rapidly contain COVID-19 contagion. The pandemic had infected at least 109 million people worldwide, causing over 2.4 million deaths as of mid-February.
Intellectual property cause of death, genocide

Originally published: JOMO on February 8, 2021 (more by JOMO) |

Refusal to temporarily suspend several World Trade Organization (WTO) intellectual property (IP) provisions to enable much faster and broader progress in addressing the COVID-19 pandemic should be grounds for International Criminal Court prosecution for genocide.