The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing serious threats to lives, ecosystems, and economies. In 2024, Asia experienced its warmest or second warmest year on …
The top-10 agricultural biotech firms in developed nations control 67% of the global proprietary seed market Who is afraid of the multinational seed giants? Practically everyone, it seems, barring governments. The more enlightened agricultural scientists, the legion of activists, small farmers and plant breeders across the world have all been …
Assam is very rich in natural, tangible and intangible heritage of songs, dance, music, theatre, handloom etc. Development here should not be ushered in at the cost of environment and ecology, said chairman of the Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) S K Misra while talking to …
Two landmark decisions of the European Court of Justice related to cross-border patent infringement cases are examined here. One case highlights issues related to jurisdiction of national courts of one European Union (EU) state in deciding the validity of a patent granted by another EU state, and the second case …
The Jeypore tract of Orissa, India is famous for the genetic diversity of Asian cultivated rice and has been considered the center of origin of aus ecotype. The landraces or traditional varieties growing here are thought to harbor dominant genes for biotic and abiotic stresses, aroma and palatability and hold …
Correspondence between Microsoft and FICCI concerning judicial roundtable organized by the Maharashtra State Judicial Academy in collaboration with FICCI.
Professor Amar Singh of National Law University, New Delhi on Sunday warned that the danger of bio-piracy and illegal patenting of indigenous knowledge was imminent within the country and beyond. Prof Singh said this while delivering the Badan Chandra Baruah Memorial Lecture on the topic,
From time immemorial, like most peoples of the ancient world, Indians have referred to products by the names of their places of origin. They have always known that goods from certain regions have distinct qualities and characteristics, but formal protection for such products is relatively recent.
An August negotiating session on the United Nations Framework Climate Change Convention in Bonn ignited some interesting, albeit expected, sparks around the subject of intellectual property rights.
This discussion paper presents some early findings from the study on Emerging Asia contribution on issues of technology for Copenhagen. It is part of an ongoing research and dialogue among five key Asian developing countries, namely China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand. The objective is to contribute to the forthcoming …
30 agreements to be signed; they violate public interest say activists the seventh round of free trade negotiations between India and EU held at Brussels in mid-July ended in a deadlock after the negotiators disagreed on the modalities of the agreement. Fresh talks will be held in November to thresh …
This paper analyzes whether and how transfer of climate mitigation technologies to China occurs, by studying cases of seven technologies that are at the stage of deployment or diffusion. Most of these technologies were already transferred to China in terms of both technology adoption and local production. International division of …
Scientists must ask corporations for permission before publishing independent research on genetically modified crops. That restriction must end. (Editorial)
This article interrogates the claims of intellectual property to be a right. Drawing on the political theory of rights, it argues that information, ideas and knowledge fail to meet the basic test of rights and intellectual property right prevents those who do not own it from accessing and exercising their …
Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) has established a technology marketing and Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) cell for creating awareness about IPR and Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers' Rights Act (PPV&FRA;) among farmers. Dr Sandeep Kapur the IPR cell said farmers were being apprised of the significance of the Act through …
To Challenge Intellectual Property Appellate Board Verdict Rejecting Its Patent Plea For Cancer Drug Nina Mehta MUMBAI THE Indian subsidiary of Swiss drugmaker Novartis will challenge a decision by the Intellectual Property Appellate Board (IPAB) that said its cancer drug Glivec was not patentable. Addressing the company
A patent is an exclusive right awarded by the intellectual property (IP) authority of a state to an inventor or his assignee for a limited period of time in lieu of disclosure of an invention for the benefit of mankind. In recent times, it has become a practice by a …
In Ecuador, Bolivia and Peru, initiatives have been taken recently that raise hopes that mechanisms might be created to stop the further privatisation of knowledge and life. So far, progress has been disappointing, with fundamental problems remaining unsolved. Once again, it is up to local people to defend knowledge and …
