Draft Patents (Amendment), Rules, 2023
The Ministry of Commerce and Industry, under the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade, has introduced draft amendments to the Patents Rules, 2003. These drafts detail various changes
The Ministry of Commerce and Industry, under the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade, has introduced draft amendments to the Patents Rules, 2003. These drafts detail various changes
Patent bill may be pushed through Parliament without debate THE Ministry of Science and Technology has introduced a bill in the Parliament that may make life-saving drugs unaffordable for poor people. The bill gives scientists and researchers in government-funded universities the right to patent innovations and research outcomes. This includes medical research and patenting drug
The Government has put in place a new patent regime in January 2005 keeping in line with the WTO commitments. Under the regime a 20 year product patent regime was introduced for food, drugs and chemicals. At the same time, adequate safeguards were introduced to protect the interests of domestic industries, particularly, the pharmaceutical industry.
GlaxoSmithKline's bid to tackle neglected diseases receives a muted response from the rest of the industry.
Intellectual property is already a big component of global trade and rising. Consequently, the number of crossborder disputes and multiple infringement suits related to patents is also increasing. Their resolution is complicated because the scope and coverage of patent protection differs from country to country.
NEW DELHI: India has signed an agreement with the European Patent Office (EPO) to establish a mechanism to protect India
With their kitchen gardens in local communities, women are responsible for the food crops that secure the food supply. Cash crops and monetary income are, on the other hand, defi ned as masculine.
COIMBATORE: The Tamil Nadu State Council for Science and Technology (TNSCST) will establish Patent Cells in some universities to enhance patent filing of biotechnology products in the State, S. Vincent, Member Secretary of the Council, said here recently.
Joe C Mathew & P B Jayakumar / New Delhi/mumbai December 03, 2008, 0:48 IST First time, an Indian court revisits a patent office order.
For the past three years, botanist Vicki Funk of the Smithsonian Institution has been trying, unsuccessfully, to transfer select leaf specimens from Brazil to the U.S. National Herbarium for identification. Comparing closely related plants
STUDENTS of IIT Madras, who have developed a method to change the behaviour of DNA cells by conditioned heat process, will apply for patents soon. Their discovery fetched the second prize at the International Genetically Engineered Machines (iGEM) Competition.