perhaps this might be of interest: in its new research framework programme Horizon Europe the European Commission states this (https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/common/agr-contr/general-mga_horizon-euratom_en.pdf, p. 102) ... *** Where the call conditions impose additional exploitation obligations in case of a public emergency, the beneficiaries must (if requested by the granting authority) grant for a limited period of time specified in the request, non-exclusive licences — under fair and reasonable conditions — to their results to legal entities that need the results to address the public emergency and commit to rapidly and broadly exploit the resulting products and services at fair and reasonable conditions. This provision applies up to four years after the end of the action. ***
As there was no such statement in the model grant agreements of earlier framework programmes, I interpret this regulation a direct reaction to the COVID pandemic... Best regards Ulrich ----- Am 2. Sep 2021 um 22:07 schrieb Federico Leva (Nemo) nemow...@gmail.com: Il 01/09/21 23:25, Heather Morrison ha scritto: > The WHO letter mentions but does not request what I suggest is a more likely > approach to avoiding IP interference with addressing the pandemic in the > short term: compulsory licensing. This is the official reason used by the EU to block the waiver (or at least it was until Biden came out in support of it and force everyone to change tune). https://www.keionline.org/36300 It's true that the USA could easily implement compulsory licensing overnight, but for other countries it can prove more difficult. There are dozens of articles in the KEI website on this matter, I'm unable to summarise them. It's highly recommended reading. Communia, Wikimedia and others have also supported the extension of waiver to copyright, see most recently: https://www.communia-association.org/2021/03/22/communia-supports-the-wto-trips-waiver-for-covid-19/ Best regards, Federico _______________________________________________ GOAL mailing list GOAL@eprints.org http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/goal -- Mit freundlichen Grüßen Dr. Ulrich Herb Saarländische Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Referent für elektronisches Publizieren und Open Access, Drittmittel-Projekte Postanschrift: Postfach 15 11 41 | 66041 Saarbrücken Besucheranschrift: Campus B1 1 | Raum 10.07. | 66123 Saarbrücken T: +49 681 302-2798 F: +49 681 302-2796 u.h...@sulb.uni-saarland.de www.sulb.uni-saarland.de _______________________________________________ GOAL mailing list GOAL@eprints.org http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/goal
