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The COVID-19 crisis: intellectual property and sustainable development during the pandemic

In: The Elgar Companion to Intellectual Property and the Sustainable Development Goals

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  • Muhammad Zaheer Abbas

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This chapter explores the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on each of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This chapter then considers the intellectual property law dimensions of the pandemic in the context of three specific issues: online teaching and access to digital collections; the right to repair medical devices; and access to COVID-19 vaccines, therapeutics and diagnostics. It also makes suggestions for a sustainable recovery and calls for policy reforms aimed at building more resilient health systems, food systems, societies and economies. The conclusion maintains that the framework for recovery should be based on the principles of equity, inclusion, solidarity and multilateralism.

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  • Muhammad Zaheer Abbas, 2024. "The COVID-19 crisis: intellectual property and sustainable development during the pandemic," Chapters, in: Matthew Rimmer & Caroline B. Ncube & Bita Amani (ed.), The Elgar Companion to Intellectual Property and the Sustainable Development Goals, chapter 25, pages 559-581, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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