NYIPLA Presidents' Forum To Waive or Not to Waive, Is that Really the Question?
COVID-19 Waivers in the Global Community

May 18, 2021

 

Request for Waiver Made by India and South Africa (4 Pages)

Statement from Ambassador Katherine Tai on the COVID-19 TRIPS Waiver (1 Page)

TRIPS Agreement as amended on January 23, 2017 (36 Pages)

For the Text of the Sections Cited in the Waiver Request (Sections 1, 4, 5, and 7) (8 Pages)

Relevant Portions of the U.S. Constitution for Ratifying Treaties and Article I, Section 8, Clause 8 (1 Page)

Legislative History Underlying the 1996 GATT/TRIPS Amendments to the Patent Act (1 Page)

Unratified Treaties, Domestic Politics, and the U.S. Constitution (31 Pages)