@article{48449,
      author = {Keim, Clemens,},
      url = {http://tind.wipo.int/record/48449},
      title = {TRIPS-plus Patentschutzklauseln in bilateralen  Freihandelsabkommen der EU : Ihre Auswirkungen auf den  Zugang zu Arzneimitteln und das internationale Regime zum  Schutz geistigen Eigentums /},
      abstract = {Access to affordable medicines, particularly in developing  countries, has always been a contentious issue within the  WTO. This was particularly evident in the 2001 Doha Round,  in which this issue was a major point of contention between  developing and industrialized countries. At the same time,  a new trend in world trade law can be observed over the  past 15 years. After a peak in multilateralization was  reached with the founding of the WTO, the process of  international cooperation has turned into its opposite  again through the conclusion of numerous bilateral and  regional free trade agreements (FTAs) - a phenomenon that  is also known as "mushrooming of FTAs".  The work links  these two topics by considering so-called TRIPS-plus  clauses in FTAs ​​and examining their impact on access  to cheap medicines. For the first time, she chooses an  approach that includes current and future legal  developments as well as political science research. Based  on a comprehensive comparison of TRIPS-plus clauses in FTAs  ​​of the European Union and the United States, she  considers the FTAs ​​not only individually and in  isolation, but rather as parts of a coherent strategy of  the industrialized countries. In this way and by making use  of findings from political science research, the work  enables a look at the development of the multilateral legal  framework de lege ferenda.  In summary, the work presents  the status quo in an unprecedented scope, makes findings  from political science research on international  negotiations usable for the legal debate on free trade  agreements and thus not only enables a look at the  importance of FTAs ​​for access to medicines, but also  for the further development of international protection of  intellectual property.},
      recid = {48449},
      pages = {xvii, 344 pages ;},
}