Tahir Amin
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Initiative for Medicines, Access & Knowledge (I-MAK)
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Co-Founded with Priti Krishtel
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2008 Global Fellow
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Initiative for Medicines, Access & Knowledge (I-MAK)
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Co-Founded with Priti Krishtel
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2008 Global Fellow
bold idea
Create a public interest team of attorneys and scientists who ensure that patents do not obstruct access to affordable medicines for poor patients in developing countries.
Personal Bio
Tahir Amin is the co-founder and Director of Intellectual Property of I-MAK, a public interest team of attorneys and scientists who ensure that patents do not obstruct access to affordable medicines for poor patients in developing countries. Tahir has practiced as a solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales with two of the leading IP firms in the UK, and also served as an in-house global IP manager for a multinational company. He has more than fifteen years of experience in prosecuting, licensing, opposing, and litigating trademarks, patents, and designs. Prior to founding I-MAK, he spent two years in India researching public interest IP issues and working on pharmaceutical patent oppositions. He has served as legal advisor/consultant to many groups, including the World Health Organization, Clinton Foundation HIV/AIDS Initiative, Doctors without Borders, Oxfam, International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development, United Nations, and governments seeking to improve the patent system.
tahir@i-mak.org
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