Implications of coronavirus Outbreak covid-19 on Intellectual property Rights

Abstract

The world is living today a new time, called the times of Corona, for its rapid spread in different countries, where it was classified as a global epidemic, and one of its most dangerous aspects is the intellectual property field, which is affected by it.

Since intellectual property includes inventions of great importance to the Corona virus, by inventing drugs or vaccines that help to reduce its spread, leading to the entry of global pharmaceutical companies into a supply race, these companies are likely to seek to protect their inventions through patents, leading to The right to monopolize and monopolize a period of twenty (20) years, but if protected by commercial secrets, it will have the right to protect it for life, in which case the use of compulsory licensing is the appropriate solution for obtaining a vaccine or medicine.The cultural sector is also affected by this pandemic, with many rights holders taking steps to facilitate free access to schools, universities, libraries and the general public, In addition to WIPO's role in combating HIV/AIDS, by promoting innovation, taking a range of measures and cooperation among member States, extending assistance and selfishness, and not including intellectual property rights as an effective obstacle to the realization of the public interest.