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
But the South feels cheated
The ongoing attempts to strengthen intellectual property protection regimes through the Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights TRIPS agreement, are choking knowledge transfers from the industrialised world to developing countries. And with private c
No longer the sole province of the most industrialised
In spite of there being several instances of the use of arhar (pigeon pea or Cajanus cajan ) extracts in India, the us Patent and Trademark Office (uspto) has granted three patents on novel
Recognise community knowledge. Do not patent life
Bid to revive morality, transparency issues in patents regime amid stiff resistance
Even as negotiations on the relaxation of international patent protection rules enshrined in the World Trade Organization (wto) remain deadlocked, the eu has adopted a law that will provide 76
Monsanto Corporation has been granted exclusive monopoly over all genetically transformed soyabean varieties. The Munich-based European Patent Office (epo) upheld a patent held by Monsanto on
sars (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) is here to stay. So countries are now applying for patents on the sars virus . The ones seriously trying to cash in are the us Centers for Disease
The US pharmaceutical industry which has so far prevented its government from endorsing a prescription for change is now directly engaging its counterparts in other nations on the issue of giving poor countries access to cheap medicines. But as the Fi