Bloomberg is reporting that U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai told attendees at a Financial Times event on Tuesday that the United States will back a proposal by India and South Africa last year to waive intellectual property protections under the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) Agreement. The proposal calls for the suspension of international protections for patents, copyrights, industrial designs, trade secrets and proprietary materials, “in relation to the prevention, containment, or treatment of COVID-19 until widespread vaccination is in place globally and the majority of the world’s population has developed immunity.”
Tai Says United States Will Back India-South Africa Proposal to Waive IP Rights Under TRIPS
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