- The text states that TRIPS requires developed country governments to provide incentives to their companies to transfer technologies to least developed countries.
- It also mentions that India’s patent law (amended in 2005 to comply with TRIPS) has aspects that “rankle the U.S., the EU, and other rich countries.”
- This implies that there can be differences in IPR enforcement and interpretation between developed and developing nations, often related to public interest concerns (e.g., access to affordable medicines).