THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LEGAL SYSTEM RELATED TO PUBLIC HEALTH IN CONNECTION WITH TRIPS FLEXIBILITIES IN INDONESIA
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.33331/ilj.v13i2.31Kata Kunci:
Compulsory License, Government Use, COVID-19, Intellectual Property, Public HealthAbstrak
In early 2020, countries in the world was shocked by a new virus called Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) including Indonesia. The COVID-19 pandemic gives impact to the legal system, including intellectual property (IP). Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) flexibilities on public health in developing countries: Transition Periods, Compulsory License, Government Use, Parallel Imports, Exceptions to Patent Rights, Exemptions from Patentability, Limits on Data Protection, and Implementation of the Paragraph 6 of the Doha Declaration. Research problems: (1) what are the conditions for implementing the flexibilities of TRIPS in facing COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia and (2) what are the issues that should be anticipated for future IP legal system relating to public health as a lesson from this COVID-19 Pandemic. Government Use is most effective to be used for encounter COVID-19 Pandemic, and voluntary license is recommended to
be promoted for future approach. The study is using a qualitative literature study.








