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Intellectual Property

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There are four main types of intellectual property rights: trade marks, design registration, copyright and patents ...

Originator pharmaceutical companies practise what are euphemistically known as “total product strategies” or “lifecycle maximisation” by seeking to obtain as many patents as possible ...

Data Exclusivity guarantees additional market protection for originator pharmaceuticals by preventing health authorities from accepting applications for generic medicines during the period of exclusivity ...

One form of evergreening occurs when the originator manufacturer “stockpiles” patent protection by obtaining separate 20-year patents on multiple attributes of a single product. But many other evergreening strategies exist ...