"Inventing" In COVID-19 Environment And Key Local/ International Developments

The COVID-19 pandemic has driven mankind to question sufficiency and sustainability of business models, social and moral norms, and Law-practices, which cannot be separated from society and its needs. Due to the ongoing pandemic basic need of survival and the need to access the means such as ventilation machines, masks, goggles and most importantly pharmaceuticals, is at its climax, as well as the need for an invention is at its most.

Everyone agrees that an invention will save us from this disaster. Indeed, there have been numerous patent applications filed before Turkish Patent and Trademark Office and European Patent Office, to protect inventions related to COVID-19, so far. Likewise, patent applications or already granted patents for ventilation machines and their parts, diagnostic kits and pharmaceuticals also gained great importance during this period. According to the World Economic Forum currently there are more than 70 vaccine candidates in development