BIO & IPO Issue Statements on Biden Administration's Support for Proposed WTO Waiver
By EsqSocial Corporation 07/05/21
Yesterday, United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai announced "the Biden-Harris Administration's support for waiving intellectual property protections for COVID-19 vaccines" (see "Biden Administration Supports Waiver of IP Protection for COVID-19 Vaccines"). The waiver was proposed last fall by India and South Africa, which asked the Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) of the World Trade Organization (WTO) to recommend "a waiver from the...
By: McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP