Joe Stiglitz thinks the TPP will have the following results:
weaken the 2001 Doha Declaration on TRIPS and Public Health
mandate extensions of patents terms
mandate lower standards for granting patents on medicines
mandate granting patents on surgical procedures,
mandate monopolies of 12 years on test data for biologic drugs
narrow the grounds for granting compulsory license on patents,
increase damages for infringements of patents and copyrights,
reduce space for exceptions as regards limits on injunctions, and
narrow copyright exceptions
requiring life+ 70 years of copyright protection,
mandate excessive enforcement measures for digital information, and
otherwise restrict access to knowledge.
Why won't Obama listen?
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