Fix the Patent Laws: Campaigning for pro-public health reform of South Africa’s Patents Act
A Treatment Action Campaign briefing document Background The Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property (“the TRIPS agreement”), effective from 1 January 1995, set standards of intellectual property protection that member states of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) are required to uphold in their own national laws.[1] The TRIPS agreement requires WTO member countries […]
Public lecture today on India’s battle for pro-public health IP laws
When: Thursday January 26, 18h00
Patent legislation
Patents Act No 57 of 1978 as last amended in 2002 Patents Amendment Act No 20 of 2005
Read the November 2011 issue of Equal Treatment: Fix the law – Save our lives
Read the full magazine at http://www.tac.org.za/community/files/file/etmag/ET41/ET41English.pdf
TAC calls on government to amend South Africa’s Patents Act and protect our right to health
Press release 16 November 2011 (Cape Town) – Ten years ago this week, member countries of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) signed the Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health (“the Doha Declaration”). Members were gathered in Doha to discuss valid concerns that an international agreement to protect intellectual […]
About the Campaign
Fix the Patent Laws is a campaign of the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC). TAC is a non-profit organisation that seeks to ensure that every person living with HIV has access to quality, comprehensive prevention and treatment services to live a healthy life. Through this blog we will highlight how amending South Africa’s Patents Act 57 of 1978 will reduce the cost of medicines, improving the health and saving the lives of millions of South Africans.Read the TAC and MSF campaign pamphlet
