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ABSTRACT
Contents
ABBREVIATION 11
CHAPTER 1: GENERAL INTRODUCTION OF PHARMACEUTICAL PATENT 12
1.1. Definition of patent and pharmaceutical patent 12
1.1.1. Definition 12
1.1.2. Typical types of pharmaceutical patent 13
1.1.3. Benefits of pharmaceutical patent protection 15
1.2. Basic international legal sources for the patent protection of pharmaceutical products 17
CHAPTER 2: GENERAL PROVISION OF PHARMACEUTICAL PATENT UNDER TRIPS AGREEMENT 19
2.1. The object of patent protection for pharmaceutical products 19
2.2. Conditions on patent applicants 20
2.3. Duty to disclose information material to patent 21
2.4. Exception 24
2.5. The term of protection. 27
2.6. Provision on enforcement of patent 27
2.6.1. General provisions 27
2.6.2. The civil and administrative procedures 28
2.6.3. Temporary method 29
2.6.4. The controls measures at the border 29
CHAPTER 3: CURRENT IMPRESSION OF THE PRACTICAL IMPLEMENTATION ON PHARMACEUTICAL PATENT UNDER TRIPS AGREEMENT IN SOME COUNTRIES 31
3.1. Canada 31
3.1.1. Overview of Canada's Patent system 31
3.1.2. Overview of Canadian pharmaceutical industry 33
3.1.3. Current impression of the practical implementation on pharmaceutical patent under TRIPS Agreement in Canada 34
3.2. India 48
3.2.1. Overview of Patent Law in India 48
3.2.2. Situation of India's Pharmaceutical industry 51
3.2.3. Current impression of the practical implementation of pharmaceutical patent under TRIPS Agreement in India 53
3.3. Thailand 62
3.3.1. Brief history of Patent system in Thailand 62
3.3.2. The Current impression of practical implementation on pharmaceutical patent under TRIPS in Thailand. 67
CHAPTER 4: CURRENT IMPRESSION OF PRATICAL IMPLEMENTATION ON PHARMACEUTICAL PATENT IN VIETNAM & PROPOSAL 75
4.1. Overview of development of Vietnamese Intellectual Property system. 75
4.2. Overview of the Vietnamese pharmaceutical industry 78
4.3. Current impression of the practical implementation of pharmaceutical patent under TRIPS Agreement in Vietnam 82
4.3.1. Compulsory license 82
4.3.2. Exception 84
4.3.3. Parallel import 85
4.4. Difficulties 86
4.4.1. Whether the Patent Confers the Right to Use the Patented Invention? 86
4.4.2. Failure to Prevent Patenting of a Known Invention. 87
4.4.3. Internal priority 89
4.4.4. Re-issue Provision 90
4.4.5. Shortcoming in parallel import 90
4.5. Proposal 91
4.5.1. The principle of improving the law of Vietnam on the protection of the patent for pharmaceutical products. 91
4.5.2. Proposal 94
CHAPTER 5: CONCLUSION 102
LIST OF REFERENCES 104