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35 Harv. J. L. & Tech. 689 (2021-2022)
Overcoming Patent Barriers to Increase Access to Medicines: A New Path Forward for Compulsory Licensing

handle is hein.journals/hjlt35 and id is 701 raw text is: Harvard Journal of Law & Technology Volume 35, Number 2 Spring 2022 OVERCOMING PATENT BARRIERS TO INCREASE ACCESS TO MEDICINES: A NEW PATH FORWARD FOR COMPULSORY LICENSING Neil Davey* TABLE OF CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION ......................................................................... 689 II. COMPULSORY LICENSING ............................................................ 691 A. Compulsory Licensing Abroad.................................................692 1. Assessing the Potential of a TRIPS Waiver ..........................695 2. Solving the Know-How Problem .......................................... 696 B. Compulsory Licensing in the Domestic Context ......................699 1. The Bayh-Dole Act and March-In Rights .............................700 2. Government Patent Use.........................................................703 III. THE MERITS AND DRAWBACKS OF VOLUNTARY A PPR O A CH E S ................................................................................ 705 A . P rice D iscrim ination................................................................706 B . P aten t P ooling ..........................................................................708 IV. ALTERNATIVE PARADIGMS TO THE PATENT PROBLEM ..............710 A. Innovation Prizes ..................................................................... 711 B. A Commons-Based Approach ..................................................712 V . C O N CLU SIO N ............................................................................... 7 13 I. INTRODUCTION The COVID-19 pandemic has made one thing clear: Nobody on this planet is safe until everyone is safe.I Many nations recognize the need for solidarity in this crisis, and it is clear that the Global North simply cannot afford to ignore the Global South.2 Of course, turning a blind eye to vaccine and drug access issues in the Global South would * Harvard Law School, Candidate for J.D., 2023. I am very grateful to Professor Ruth Okediji for her helpful comments and suggestions. This Note benefitted greatly from discus- sions in her course entitled Intellectual Property, Public Health, and Access to Medicines at Harvard Law School in Fall 2021. 1. Ciaran Cannon, Foreword to COVID-19 IN THE GLOBAL SOUTH: IMPACTS AND RESPONSES, at xix (Padmig Carmody et al. eds., 2020). 2. Ayoade Alakija, Global North and South Must Work Hand in Glove to Stop COVID-19, 6 NATURE HUM. BEHAV. 171 (2022).

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