Pandemic blues: the global approach to COVID-related IP

As the COVID-19 pandemic reaches its two-year anniversary, the world’s battle against the virus continues. But while the world’s attention is (rightly) focused on variants, vaccines and other virus mitigation tools, there are less-reported seismic shifts in the global approach to IP among private companies and governments reacting to COVID-19.

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