Enforcing patent rights against goods in transit:A new threat to transborder trade in generic medicines

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dc.contributor.authorNcube, Caroline
dc.date.accessioned2015-03-03T20:23:30Z
dc.date.available2015-03-03T20:23:30Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.description.abstractIntellectual property (IP) protection has critical consequences for transnational trade in generic medicines, one of South Africa's most important imports. The free transit of generic medicines, unhindered by patent claims, is essential for their importation into South Africa where they will be deployed to prolong or save lives. This article will discuss the import of using Council Regulation (EC) No 1383/2003 to halt the transit of generic medicines en route to developing countries. Dutch customs authorities have done this on several occasions, eg, in February 2009. Such action forces importing and exporting states to find alternative routes that may be more expensive and take longer than a route that traverses Dutch ports. Such a situation would obviously be contrary to the freedom of transit provided for by art 5 of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). Secondly, when consignments of medication do not reach their destinations, lives may be lost. This reverses the gains of the major battles won in South Africa and other developing countries to improve access to generic medicines. Thirdly, using patents to block, or delay, the provision of generic medication to ill people is unacceptable, because it violates the very foundations of, or justifications for, patent law. As shown by the quotation above, patents are intended to secure the public good, by enabling the production of, and trade in, useful goods.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationNcube, C. (2009). Enforcing patent rights against goods in transit:A new threat to transborder trade in generic medicines. <i>SA Mercantile Law Journal = SA Tydskrif vir Handelsreg: Transborder Commercial Law</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12550en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationNcube, Caroline "Enforcing patent rights against goods in transit:A new threat to transborder trade in generic medicines." <i>SA Mercantile Law Journal = SA Tydskrif vir Handelsreg: Transborder Commercial Law</i> (2009) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12550en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationNcube, C. B. (2009). Enforcing patent rights against goods in transit: a new threat to transborder trade in generic medicines. SA Mercantile Law Journal= SA Tydskrif vir Handelsreg: Transborder Commercial Law, 21(5), 680-694.en_ZA
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dc.identifier.ris TY - Journal Article AU - Ncube, Caroline AB - Intellectual property (IP) protection has critical consequences for transnational trade in generic medicines, one of South Africa's most important imports. The free transit of generic medicines, unhindered by patent claims, is essential for their importation into South Africa where they will be deployed to prolong or save lives. This article will discuss the import of using Council Regulation (EC) No 1383/2003 to halt the transit of generic medicines en route to developing countries. Dutch customs authorities have done this on several occasions, eg, in February 2009. Such action forces importing and exporting states to find alternative routes that may be more expensive and take longer than a route that traverses Dutch ports. Such a situation would obviously be contrary to the freedom of transit provided for by art 5 of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). Secondly, when consignments of medication do not reach their destinations, lives may be lost. This reverses the gains of the major battles won in South Africa and other developing countries to improve access to generic medicines. Thirdly, using patents to block, or delay, the provision of generic medication to ill people is unacceptable, because it violates the very foundations of, or justifications for, patent law. As shown by the quotation above, patents are intended to secure the public good, by enabling the production of, and trade in, useful goods. DA - 2009 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - SA Mercantile Law Journal = SA Tydskrif vir Handelsreg: Transborder Commercial Law LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - Landsdowne PY - 2009 SM - 10150099 T1 - Enforcing patent rights against goods in transit:A new threat to transborder trade in generic medicines TI - Enforcing patent rights against goods in transit:A new threat to transborder trade in generic medicines UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12550 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/12550
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationNcube C. Enforcing patent rights against goods in transit:A new threat to transborder trade in generic medicines. SA Mercantile Law Journal = SA Tydskrif vir Handelsreg: Transborder Commercial Law. 2009; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12550.en_ZA
dc.languageengen_ZA
dc.publisherJuta Lawen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Commercial Lawen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Lawen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionLandsdowne
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dc.sourceSA Mercantile Law Journal = SA Tydskrif vir Handelsreg: Transborder Commercial Lawen_ZA
dc.source.urihttp://reference.sabinet.co.za/sa_epublication_article/ju_samlj_v21_n5_a5
dc.titleEnforcing patent rights against goods in transit:A new threat to transborder trade in generic medicinesen_ZA
dc.typeJournal Articleen_ZA
uct.subject.keywordspatentsen_ZA
uct.subject.keywordsgenerics
uct.subject.keywordscross-border trade
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