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Spoor & Fisher | European Union, South Africa | 17 May 2021
Should TRIPS waivers be used to resolve vaccine inequality?
Amid growing calls for vaccine equity, South Africa and India have proposed the suspension of the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual…
Herbert Smith Freehills LLP | Global | 14 May 2021
Emma and Rebekah Talk IP series: Unravelling the issues
This Episode will explore issues around the possible patent waiver of IP rights related to COVID-19 vaccines by the WTO including what is actually…
Keller and Heckman LLP | Thailand | 13 May 2021
Thailand Notified WTO of Four Draft Food-Contact Regulations
Draft Ministerial Regulation on Plastic Containers for Drinking Water (TIS 998-2553(2010))” mandates that plastic containers for drinking water…
Pearce IP | Australia | 12 May 2021
To waive or not to waive: that is the question
IP waivers alone are nowhere near enough to increase COVID-19 vaccine access for developing countries, but US support for such waivers will create…
Bird & Bird LLP | Global | 12 May 2021
Changes to Employment Pass regulations for overseas intra-corporate transferees
Generally, an employer is exempt from the advertising requirement under the Fair Consideration Framework when making an Employment Pass application…
Hogan Lovells | Global, USA | 11 May 2021
Biden Administration supports waiver of WTO IP rights for COVID-19: Next steps for innovators
On 5 May 2021, U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai announced that the Biden Administration would support India and South Africa’s request for a…
Keller and Heckman LLP | European Union, Germany | 30 Apr 2021
Germany Notified MOAH Ordinance to the WTO
Germany’s Draft Twenty-second Ordinance amending the German Ordinance on Consumer Goods, which establishes limits on the transfer of mineral oil…
Herbert Smith Freehills LLP | Global | 30 Apr 2021
Peter leon: beggar thy neighbour economics are self-defeating
Writing in the wake of the Great Depression in 1937, on the eve of World War 2, distinguished Cambridge economist Joan Robinson observed that on the…
Schoenherr | Romania | 27 Apr 2021
Romania: Bidders from several countries will be excluded from public procurement tenders
Under recent amendments to the public procurement legislation introduced by Government Emergency Ordinance No. 25/2021, contracting…
Keller and Heckman LLP | European Union | 23 Apr 2021
Organic production in the EU: what’s and what’s out?
At the end of March, the World Trade Organization issued a draft regulation that lists in its annexes the products and substances authorised to be…
