Book contents
- Patents, Human Rights, and Access to Medicines
- Patents, Human Rights, and Access to Medicines
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Patent Policy, Access to Medicines, and the Regulatory Theory of Patent Rights
- 3 The Interface between Patent Rights and the Right to Health under International Human Rights Law
- 4 Incorporating a Model of Human Rights into the Adjudication of Pharmaceutical Patent Cases (Part One)
- 5 Incorporating a Model of Human Rights into the Adjudication of Pharmaceutical Patent Cases (Part Two)
- 6 Incorporating a Model of Human Rights into the Adjudication of Pharmaceutical Patent Cases (Part Three)
- 7 Conclusion
- Index
7 - Conclusion
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 February 2022
- Patents, Human Rights, and Access to Medicines
- Patents, Human Rights, and Access to Medicines
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Patent Policy, Access to Medicines, and the Regulatory Theory of Patent Rights
- 3 The Interface between Patent Rights and the Right to Health under International Human Rights Law
- 4 Incorporating a Model of Human Rights into the Adjudication of Pharmaceutical Patent Cases (Part One)
- 5 Incorporating a Model of Human Rights into the Adjudication of Pharmaceutical Patent Cases (Part Two)
- 6 Incorporating a Model of Human Rights into the Adjudication of Pharmaceutical Patent Cases (Part Three)
- 7 Conclusion
- Index
Summary
This chapter provides a summary of the key arguments made in this book. Crucially, the regulatory theory of patent law, which adopts a socio-centric approach to patent law, permits the incorporation of a model of human rights into a country’s patent law system. The model of human rights demands that any regulatory instrument implemented by a state must not constitute a breach of its international human rights obligations. The incorporation of a model of human rights into the design, implementation, interpretation, and enforcement of their national patent laws will help developing countries to preserve their patent policy space and secure access to affordable medicines for poor patients in their countries.
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- Patents, Human Rights, and Access to Medicines , pp. 164 - 166Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022