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 …
In a new report, a blue-ribbon panel decries India's systemic failure to capitalize on basic research findings. The report, released last week by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, offers a stinging indictment of India's scientific frailties, noting that science here is "severely hampered by oppressive bureaucratic practices and inflexible administrative and …
India’s pharmaceuticals industry tends to be in the eye of the storm for one reason or the other. If it is not about its aggressive generics thrust globally, it is about high-profile patent infringement cases at home and abroad. The gamut of laws governing the sector, therefore, are keenly watched …
STUDENTS at SMS Institute of Technology in Lucknow are desperately waiting for mechanical engineering professor Bharat Raj Singh—to see his motorbike that runs on air. Fondly called hawai (airy) professor, Singh has built the engine and is working on the bike design with Onkar Singh, mechanical engineering professor at Harcourt …
Per se is a straightforward term meaning by or in itself. Those who use it are pretty clear what the Latin-origin term signifies.And that’s what our lawmakers must have also believed when they used it in the 2005 amendment to India’s Patent Act. But unaccountably this particular term has turned …
The World Intellectual Property Indicators 2010 provides a wide range of indicators covering various areas of intellectual property: patents, utility models, trademarks, industrial designs and microorganisms. It presents statistics on microorganisms for the first time, and introduces a variety of new patent-based indicators (for example, academic patents by field of …
The role of intellectual property rights (IPRs) in the transfer of climate change technologies has emerged as a particularly contentious issue in the past two years. Against this background, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the European Patent Office (EPO) and the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD) …
After months of speculation, Brazil and India have launched a WTO dispute against the EU and the Netherlands over the seizure of generic drugs in transit. The complainants requested dispute settlement consultations on 11 May, citing a raft of EU and Dutch regulations that allow customs officials to detain goods …
Ever heard of industry, and the developed world industry, mind you, saying that patents are not the best way of sharing knowledge? Well, here is what a spokesperson for the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) said in July. "Using IP (intellectual property) or the patent system to enforce compliance in the …
Manjushree G Naik, Udupi, August 16, DH News Service:Mattu Gulla, the famed Udupi brinjal, has received the Geographical Indicator patent. Baskets full of Udupi Gulla. DH PhotoThe famed eggplant species adds an exceptional flavour to the cuisine and has tickled the taste buds of the food buffs far beyond the …
Trade agreements with stiff intellectual property protection requirements combined with buyouts of India’s top generics makers by multinationals threaten to deny affordable medicines to millions of poor. The cost of essential medicines is a major barrier to healthcare, writes LATHA JISHNU. But the Indian government is doing little to control …
Patients visiting public health centres in Nagaur district in central Rajasthan these days rarely buy branded drugs. Doctors direct them to the government- run generic medicine stores (GMS) where quality drugs are available at low cost. The district administration of Nagaur has managed to free the public health system from …
LUPIN Limited and Ranbaxy Laboratories along with its parent company Daiichi Sankyo have slapped patent infringement charges against each other to stop one another from launching low-cost versions of their respective original drugs in the US. Last Wednesday, Lupin sued Ranbaxy after the latter sought American drug regulator
The leit motif of the Bill is to create guidelines and institutional framework in academic and research institutions. This Bill will give rise to number of patents because now every scientist getting public money would be under an obligation by law to patent what is patentable. It will also increase …
Apair of bullocks operating an iron contraption is a big draw at Melkama village in Indore district. The brainchild of Vinod Parashar, a scientist at Shri Govindram Seksaria Institute of Technology and Science in Indore, the device has an unwieldy name, ‘Linkage-based input-output shaft’. But don’t go by the sound …
