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 proposed by the Central Government, anchored on section 159 of the Patents Act, 1970. The government seeks to amend the …
India has done a commendable job of collecting and preserving its precious micro-organisms Surinder Sud / New Delhi May 19, 2009, 0:23 IST The issue of patentability of micro-organisms has remained controversial largely because it concerns the high-profile pharmaceutical industry which views these organisms as sources of future drugs. The …
The revised report of the technical expert group on patent law issues is not very different from the one that the group had to withdraw in 2007 Business Standard / New Delhi May 6, 2009, 0:48 IST The revised report of the technical expert group (TEG) on patent law issues, …
PB Jayakumar / Mumbai May 2, 2009, 0:14 IST Tokyo's policy push for generics an added draw. Leading Indian drug makers such as Ranbaxy, Lupin, Zydus Cadila and Dishman, which forayed into Japan in the past three years, have emerged as important players in the generic or copycat drug business …
P B JAYAKUMAR / Mumbai May 1, 2009, 1:30 IST With the global swine flu virus spread seemingly not under control, the Indian distributor of a recently started unique air purification system has approached the government with an invention claimed to stop the infection
The number of patents being filed by Indians is on the rise CHENNAI: The Intellectual Property (IP) regime is important to a developing country to leverage its knowledge power into economic might, speakers at the World IP day function said here on Monday. K.M.Vishwanathan, deputy controller of patents and designs, …
Without much ado, the Technical Expert Group on Patent Law Issues headed by Dr R.A. Mashelkar has resubmitted its report to the Union Ministry of Commerce. Dual mandate And though the report has taken a line similar to the governing law on patentability of new chemical and medical entities, it …
Handicrafts sector leads with 34 sanctions in product-wise distribution of GI CHENNAI: As many as 143 Indian products have been provided with a Geographical Indication (GI) tag and more applications are being filed from the Southern states, said Kasturi Das, Associate professor, Centre for WTO Studies on Monday. Addressing a …
Civil society groups dejected, mull PIL; setback also for Wockhardt. Joe C Mathew / Bangalore April 17, 2009, 0:14 IST The patent office has upheld the validity of Roche
At a time when fast food reigns, one hardly thinks of cherishing a local Indian delicacy and conserving a local plant variety. M P Nayar, former director of the Botanical Survey of India who currently heads the government Task Force on Agro-biodiversity Hotspots recently completed mapping these hotspots. P R …
IT looks like a walking stick but can work wonders for warehouse managers struggling to keep in check insects that bug grains stored in the warehouse. S Mohan, professor of Agri Entomology, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU), has invented a device that can trap insects in warehouses. The TNAU has …
Tests confirmed that vegetables stored in it contain high levels of nutrients The best alternate: Students of Century Foundation Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Tirupur, with the eco-fridge developed by them. Tirupur: A team of five students from the Century Foundation Matriculation Higher Secondary School here, who had carved a niche …
In 1998, the European Parliament passed a law that requires EU Member States to recognize isolated genes and nucleotide sequences as patentable inventions, further reiterating obligations under the European Patent Convention. Patents can also be granted for methods of genetic testing without claiming genes themselves, as illustrated by recent rulings …
Gene patents are meant to encourage innovation, but in DNA diagnostics, they have stirred controversy. Amid worries and worst-case scenarios, there are few empirical studies to help form an accurate picture of how patents affect clinical genetic testing in the United States. The authors assembled eight case studies addressing the …
Madikeri: India has exported spices worth Rs 4,500 crore this year, which is an all time record, said Spices Board Joint Director H S Srinivas. Addressing presspersons at the sidelines of a seminar on
