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Neutralizing disputes raised by the usa on protection of pharmaceutical inventions during tpp negotiations

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This paper deals with disputes on protection of pharmaceutical inventions between the nations participating in the negotiations of Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement (referred afterwards as TPP). | JSTPM Vol 3, No 1, 2014 19 NEUTRALIZING DISPUTES RAISED BY THE USA ON PROTECTION OF PHARMACEUTICAL INVENTIONS DURING TPP NEGOTIATIONS Dr. Tran Van Hai University of Social Sciences and Humanities Abstract: This paper deals with disputes on protection of pharmaceutical inventions between the nations participating in the negotiations of Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement (referred afterwards as TPP). The case study is related to a traditional receipt of which would show clearly the differences in legal regulations of protection of inventions among certain nations. At the same time, the paper presents the studies of proposals made by the US during the TPP negotiations in connection to pharmaceutical inventions. The paper proposes a consensus solution for the raised disputes on basis of studies made for TRIPS Agreement, comparison of UD proposals with the stipulations of human rights, Doha Declaration on TRIPS Agreement and Health of Communities 2001 and the International Convention 1966 on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Keywords: Intellectual property; TPP Agreement; TRIPS Agreement; Doha Declaration. Code: 14032701 1. Introduction The TPP negotiations are the rounds of multi-lateral free trade negotiations which target the integrations of the economies in the Asia-Pacific region. Up to now, there are 12 nations participating in the negotiations including Brunei, Chile, New Zealand, Singapore, US, Australia, Peru, Vietnam, Malaysia, Mexico, Canada and Japan. 1.1. November 2008, Vietnam participated in the TPP negotiations as associate member. November 2010 Vietnam participated in the TPP negotiations as full member. 1.2. Initial targets of TPP was to reduce 90% of all the import-export taxes among country-members before 1st January 2006 and then to cut down to 0% by 2015. One of studies made public in June 2013 shows that the total import-export volume of commodities and services among and the concerned TPP members is as .