Philip Morris v Uruguay: a breathing space for domestic IP Regulation
Résumé
Examines the ICSID decision in Philip Morris Brands SARL v Uruguay on whether legislation limiting tobacco companies to one presentation of their packaging for each family brand of product, and increasing the size of health warnings on cigarette packaging to 80 per cent, amounted to expropriation and a violation of the fair and equitable treatment standard or fell within the scope of the state's sovereign right to regulate public health matters.