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Dr Van Anh Le's Outputs (11)

The “Intellectual Property” Puzzle in the WHO Pandemic Preparedness Treaty: An Appraisal (2024)
Journal Article
Upreti, P. N., Le, V. A., & Nguyen, S. L. (2024). The “Intellectual Property” Puzzle in the WHO Pandemic Preparedness Treaty: An Appraisal. European Intellectual Property Review, 46(11), 716-725

This article provides an overview of the ongoing World Health Organization (WHO) Pandemic Treaty. The analysis examines WHO's past responses to pathogen containment and provides context and rationale for the Treaty's negotiation. It also critically e... Read More about The “Intellectual Property” Puzzle in the WHO Pandemic Preparedness Treaty: An Appraisal.

Intellectual Property and Development: Geographical Indications in Practice by PICK Barbara. Abingdon, Oxfordshire: Routledge, 2022. xxiv + 240 pp. Hardcover: AUD$242.00/£115.00; eBook: AUD$70.99 doi: 10.4324/9781003352105 (2023)
Journal Article
Le, V. A., & Vu, T. C. (2024). Intellectual Property and Development: Geographical Indications in Practice by PICK Barbara. Abingdon, Oxfordshire: Routledge, 2022. xxiv + 240 pp. Hardcover: AUD$242.00/£115.00; eBook: AUD$70.99 doi: 10.4324/9781003352105. Asian Journal of International Law, 14(1), 223-224. https://doi.org/10.1017/S2044251323000528

Soviet Legacy of Vietnam's Intellectual Property Law: Big Brother is (No Longer) Watching You (2023)
Journal Article
Le, V. A. (2024). Soviet Legacy of Vietnam's Intellectual Property Law: Big Brother is (No Longer) Watching You. Asian Journal of Comparative Law, 19(1), 39-66. https://doi.org/10.1017/asjcl.2023.31

How did intellectual property (IP), a private right born out of European Enlightenment ideals, take root in Vietnam's socialist legal framework, and what influence does Vietnam's Soviet legacy still have on its IP law? The clandestine triumph of IP r... Read More about Soviet Legacy of Vietnam's Intellectual Property Law: Big Brother is (No Longer) Watching You.

Diffusion of Geographical Indication Law in Vietnam: “Journey To The West” (2023)
Journal Article
Nguyen, S. L., & Le, V. A. (2023). Diffusion of Geographical Indication Law in Vietnam: “Journey To The West”. International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law, 54(2), 176-199. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40319-023-01289-9

For a long time, Vietnamese legislators and scholars did not discuss geographical indication (GI) law in depth despite its having been long established in the country. However, when Vietnam signed the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) in 2020,... Read More about Diffusion of Geographical Indication Law in Vietnam: “Journey To The West”.

Second Medical Use Patents and Compensation for the Delay in Marketing Authorisations: The Curious Case of Vietnam (2022)
Journal Article
Le, V. A. (2022). Second Medical Use Patents and Compensation for the Delay in Marketing Authorisations: The Curious Case of Vietnam. GRUR International, 71(11), 1048-1055. https://doi.org/10.1093/grurint/ikac095

There has been a concern that developing countries which join new-generation FTAs might jeopardise their population’s access to medicines because those FTAs mandate TRIPS-plus patent standards. This article, however, argues that Vietnam, through its... Read More about Second Medical Use Patents and Compensation for the Delay in Marketing Authorisations: The Curious Case of Vietnam.

Are IPRs and patents the real barriers to COVID-19 vaccine supplies? (2021)
Journal Article
Le, V. A., & Samson, L. (2021). Are IPRs and patents the real barriers to COVID-19 vaccine supplies?. Manchester journal of international economic law, 18(2), 192-204

In less than a year since the WHO’s declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic, 13 vaccines against COVID-19 have been approved in at least one jurisdiction. However, new challenges have arisen, mostly surrounding the global distribution and access... Read More about Are IPRs and patents the real barriers to COVID-19 vaccine supplies?.

Thailand: Shooting Star for Access to Medicines Through Compulsory Licensing (2021)
Book Chapter
Le, V. A. (2021). Thailand: Shooting Star for Access to Medicines Through Compulsory Licensing. In S. Ragavan, & A. Vanni (Eds.), . London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003176602-16

Within two relatively short periods – from November 2006 to January 2007 and in January 2008 – the government of Thailand, which has been a world trade organization member since 1995, issued seven compulsory licenses, citing public health as a ground... Read More about Thailand: Shooting Star for Access to Medicines Through Compulsory Licensing.

Compulsory Licensing for Patented Medicines: A Comparative Legal Analysis of India, Brazil and Thailand (2020)
Journal Article
Le, V. A., & Hyland, M. (2020). Compulsory Licensing for Patented Medicines: A Comparative Legal Analysis of India, Brazil and Thailand. Manchester journal of international economic law, 17(3), 252-273

This article aims to examine the legal regime of compulsory licensing in light of the TRIPS Agreement and re-evaluate its effectiveness in widening access to medicine in developing countries. It provides a fascinating insight into the use of this mec... Read More about Compulsory Licensing for Patented Medicines: A Comparative Legal Analysis of India, Brazil and Thailand.