Question

There is an international agreement which includes the following amendment: "… each Member State has the right to grant compulsory patent licenses; has the freedom to determine the grounds upon which such licenses are granted; and has the right to determine what constitutes a national emergency or other circumstances of extreme urgency for this purpose. It is understood that public health crises, including those relating to HIV/ AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and other epidemics, can represent a national emergency or circumstance of extreme urgency." What international agreement is this change most likely associated with?

Answer 1

Answer:

The answer is: Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property (TRIPs)

Explanation:

The TRIPs Agreement involves all the members of the World Trade Organization (WTO), it has been effective since 1995.

Since the introduction of the TRIPs Agreement, intellectual property law (i.e. copyright law) was introduced into multilateral trading.

It has since been expanded by the Doha Declaration in 2001, to promote access to medicines for all.