Il 01/09/21 23:25, Heather Morrison ha scritto: > The WHO letter mentions but does not request what I suggest is a more likely > approach to avoiding IP interference with addressing the pandemic in the > short term: compulsory licensing.
This is the official reason used by the EU to block the waiver (or at least it was until Biden came out in support of it and force everyone to change tune). https://www.keionline.org/36300 It's true that the USA could easily implement compulsory licensing overnight, but for other countries it can prove more difficult. There are dozens of articles in the KEI website on this matter, I'm unable to summarise them. It's highly recommended reading. Communia, Wikimedia and others have also supported the extension of waiver to copyright, see most recently: https://www.communia-association.org/2021/03/22/communia-supports-the-wto-trips-waiver-for-covid-19/ Best regards, Federico _______________________________________________ GOAL mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/goal
