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Private Rights vs. Public Interests in the TRIPS Agreement

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2017

Sol Picciotto
Sol Picciotto*
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Lancaster University Law School
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Is the International Trade Regime Fair to Developing States?
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Proceedings of the ASIL Annual Meeting , Volume 97 , 2003 , pp. 167 - 172
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 2003

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6 Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association a.o. v. Pres. of the Rep. of S. Africa a.o., Case no. 4183/98, High Court of South Africa (Transvaal Provincial Division) (2001); for an account and analysis of the case in its political context, see Mark Heywood, Debunking ‘Conglomo-talk ‘: A Case Study of the Amicus Curate as an Instrument for Advocacy, Investigation and Mobilisation, (2001), available at <http:http://www.tac.org.za/> (last visited Aug. 6, 2003).

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11 See Sol Picciotto & David Campbell, Whose Molecule is it Anyway? Private and Social Perspectives on Intellectual Property, in New Perspectives on Property Law, Obligations and Restitution 279 (Allistair Hudson ed., 2003).