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Nowadays, global reward towards innovation comes in the form of a 20-year exclusivity in the market of each nation, conferred by the government of each country member of the WTO to innovators form anywhere in the world: a patent. This comes form an international obligation that was created in 1994 by the TRIPS Agreement of the World Trade Organization –WTO, and now it is the applicable standard for almost all countries in the World. The TRIPS PLUS ULTRA proposal entails a change to this reality. Not 20 years in all countries, but a number of years attached to the economic capacity of each country. This is the ultimate flexibility which, because it is truly comprehensive, could allow greater harmonization. Developing countries urge for flexibilities while developed countries urge for harmonization; it is a middle ground or, more accurately, a reset of the system itself. This will entail an improvement of the system´s efficiency, and will be convenient for all, developing and developed nations alike.

How the TRIPS PLUS ULTRA proposal came about? What´s behind it? See HERE the three tier analysis that inspire it (justice, i.e., its fairness; validity, i.e., what’s the applicable regulation; effectiveness, i.e. compliance).

Check how much your country would have had to give, from 2004 to 2013 if the system would have been in place, HERE. This is the result of a preliminary study that could certainly be improved, intended as a first approximation.

The TRIPS PLUS ULTRA proposal is about patents. It might also be applicable to other forms of Intellectual Property. Collaboration is sought for more analysis about the TRIPS PLUS ULTRA proposal through our International Intellectual Activism initiative.

Click in any link of this webpage for more information, most of it within this same webpage, to further explore the concepts of the academic work that backs this proposal.