Patents: the facts
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Campaign toolkit – our complete guide
Our toolkit will guide you through all the steps to challenge intellectual property barriers, from the life-cycle of a patent,...
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Evergreening patents animation
This animation introduces the concept of ‘evergreening’ patents – strategies used by pharmaceutical companies to extend monopolies and keep prices...
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The problem with patents
This joint policy brief outlines how patents, and their effect on the cost of HIV treatment, threatens to undermine the HIV response in middle-income countries.
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Patentability criteria
A research synthesis, produced by Knowledge Portalia.
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MedsPaL – patent information database
MedsPaL provides information on the patent and licensing status of selected HIV, Hepatitis C, TB and other patented essential medicines...
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Global Summit on IP and Access to Medicines – 2018
All the presentations from our inaugural GSIPA2M in Marrakech, January 2018.
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How to Conduct Patent Searches for Medicines
This guide helps to identify whether patents related to a pharmaceutical product exist in the country of interest. This is...
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Glossary of Patent Terminology
This document provides a list of patent terminology published by the OECD in 2006.