INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND GLOBAL INEQUALITY IN THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

ABSTRACT

The Covid-19 pandemic has increased the inequality of rights around the world. The intellectual property system contributes to this asymmetry by limiting access to vaccines and other health technologies to only a few producers. This article addresses the impacts of this system, presents and analyses alternatives for broadening the supply of these health goods - such as compulsory licensing - and demonstrates the importance of defending the TRIPS Waiver mechanism in the fight against the coronavirus.