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
Patents
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India sets bio-diversity agenda
As part of its initiative under the International Year of Biodiversity (IYB), India has chalked out an 11-point goal to achieve the 2010 bio-diversity targets. Protection of world-famous one-horned rhino is set out as one of the goals.
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Patenting public-funded research for technology transfer
The question of protecting intellectual property rights by academic inventors was never seriously contemplated until the introduction of the Bayh-Dole Act in 1980 in the US. The Act allowed universities to retain patent rights over inventions arising out of federally-funded research and to license those patents exclusively or nonexclusively at their discretion.
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Mashelkar Report on IP Rights Version II: Wrong again
The fi rst report of the Mashelkar Committee on patent issues was accused of plagiarism and the committee was asked by the government to rexamine its recommendations. The second report of this committee poses a different set of problems.
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What drives the international transfer of climate change mitigation technologies?: empirical evidence from patent data
Using patent data from 66 countries for the period 1990
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Is India becoming more innovative since 1991? Some disquieting features
India is variously described as a knowledge-based economy in the making, thanks essentially due to her high economic growth and the role played by knowledge-intensive sectors such as information technology in spurring and maintaining this growth performance. This paper looks at the empirical evidence on whether this is indeed the case since the reform process began in 1991.
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Breakthrough in material technology
The Resource Development Institute (RDI) is happy to announce its recent inventions of synthetic marble, sunmica substitute, wood and stone joining mineral compound, cheap and more durable road paint, polymer glue stick, synthetic wood and new and cheap water proofing compound. Patents have been applied for the six items of the list and are being applied for the remaining also.
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In an era of green, tech IP is common property
MARY TRIPSAS A popular children's song has a refrain -- "the more we get together the happier we'll be" -- that may sound like a simplistic formula for solving the complex challenges of climate change and sustainability. But if any area is ripe for sharing and collaboration among organisations, it's green innovation.
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Implications of drug price competition and Patent term Restoration Act (DPCPTRA) on Indian pharma industry
The Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act (DPCPTRA), informally known as the ‘Hatch-Waxman Act’, introduced in 1984, modified the Patent Act of 1952 and Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act Section 21 U.S.C. 355(j) to simplify approval process of generic drugs by FDA by filing Abbreviated New Drug Applications (ANDAs). This Act also provided some incentives to innovators as well as generic companies by way of patent extension based on regulatory delays as well as 180-day exclusivity to generic companies that have the first-to-file (FTF) ANDA against patents listed in Orange Book. This paper reports the first-time generic drugs approved by FDA during 2004-08 and the number of ANDAs receiving 180-day exclusivities as well as the impact of DPCPTRA on Indian pharma industry.
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Seeds of trouble
The top-10 agricultural biotech firms in developed nations control 67% of the global proprietary seed market
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Hill tea patent in Europe cup
The European Union has asked for public opinions on Darjeeling Tea, a step towards granting patent to the brew growing in the Darjeeling hills after its producers requested GI protection of the commodity. Six months have been given to file objections before a decision can be taken to grant Geographical Indicator status to Darjeeling Tea.