Intellectual Property and Public Health – A White Paper
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2013Author
Torrance, Andrew W.
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U. Akron Legal Studies Research Paper;No. 13-11
Seton Hall Public Law Research Paper;No. 2259089
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On October 26, 2012, the University of Akron School of Law’s Center for Intellectual Property and Technology hosted its Sixth Annual IP Scholars Forum. In attendance were thirteen legal scholars with expertise and an interest in IP and public health who met to discuss problems and potential solutions at the intersection of these fields. This report summarizes this discussion by describing the problems raised, areas of agreement and disagreement between the participants, suggestions and solutions made by participants and the subsequent evaluations of these suggestions and solutions. Led by the moderator, participants at the Forum focused generally on three broad questions. First, are there alternatives to either the patent system or specific patent doctrines that can provide or help provide sufficient incentives for health-related innovation? Second, is health information being used proprietarily and if so, is this type of protection appropriate? Third, does IP conflict with other non-IP values that are important in health and how does or can IP law help resolve these conflicts? This report addresses each of these questions in turn.
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Andrew W. Torrance et al., Intellectual Property and Public Health – A White Paper (U. Akron Legal Studies Research Paper No. 13-11, 2013); (Seton Hall Public Law Research Paper No. 2259089, 2013).
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