International Law Weekend (ILW) is the annual conference of the International Law Association - American Branch (ABILA). ILW 2021 was held on October 28-30, 2021. The theme for the conference was "Reinvesting in International Law."
This panel - Debating a WTO TRIPS Waiver for COVID - was held on Thursday, October 28, 2021.
DESCRIPTION: Intellectual property and health has risen again to the top of the global trade agenda and to front-page attention. In October 2020, India and South Africa proposed a waiver of the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights to promote the prevention, treatment and containment of COVID-19. A legal and policy debate has ensued over whether the waiver can help global treatment aims, and the United States subsequently endorsed the text-based work on the proposal. In the run-up to the upcoming 12th WTO Ministerial Conference in Geneva, this panel brings together leading intellectual property experts to explore the process and politics surrounding the waiver proposal.
Moderators:
• Sean Flynn, Director, Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property, American University Washington College of Law; Co-Chair, ABILA Committee on International Intellectual Property
• Peter K. Yu, Regents Professor of Law and Communication and Director, Center for Law and Intellectual Property, Texas A&M University; ABILA Vice-President & Co-Director of Studies; Co-Chair, ABILA Committee on International Intellectual Property
Panelists:
• J. Janewa OseiTutu, Associate Professor of Law, Florida International University College of Law
• Srividhya Ragavan, Professor of Law, Director of India Programs, Texas A&M University School of Law
• Sharon K. Sandeen, Robins Kaplan Distinguished Professorship in Intellectual Property Law & Director, Intellectual Property Institute, Mitchell Hamline School of Law
• Joshua D. Sarnoff, Professor of Law, DePaul University College of Law
• Antony Taubman, Director, Intellectual Property, Government Procurement and Competition Division, World Trade Organization
This panel was sponsored by the ABILA Committee on International Intellectual Property
