Title

Patent Law - Balancing Profit Maximization and Public Access to Technology

Document Type

Article

Comments

4 Columbia Science & Tech. L. Rev 1 (2002)

Abstract

Patents are a subset of the larger field of law known as intellectual property law. At its most basic level, intellectual property is the broad term applied to the things that "spring" from a person's mind. These can include, among other things, new drugs, new methods of doing business, computer software, a trademark or logo used to sell a product, a song, a play or a new financial product.

Date of Authorship for this Version

January 2002

Keywords

Patents, Patent Law, Pharmaceuticals, World Trade Organization, HIV, AIDS, licensing, developing nations, Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights, Trips Agreement