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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Correa studies used only as guide: Mashelkar
Technical Expert Group On Drug Patent Head Says Conclusion Independent View Of The Panel Khomba Singh NEW DELHI
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Issues in cross-border patent infringement: a European story
Two landmark decisions of the European Court of Justice related to cross-border patent infringement cases are examined here.
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Agriculture at a crossroads: food for survival
Two formidable challenges seem to overarch agriculture and food production in this century: how to end hunger and how to keep global warming at a level that will allow humanity and the agroecosystems we depend upon to adapt in a noncatastrophic way.
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The scent that sells
THIS is the variety of rice without which biryani, the royal gastronomical delight, would not feature so prominantly in the history pages on Mughal influence in India. Aromatic, long-grained, nonsticky are the words that describe it. It is the Basmati. India grows 1.6 million tonnes annually. Two-thirds is exported every year. India claims its traditional knowledge of the climate, the
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Traditional Knowledge and Patents
Securing people
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Indigenous knowledge faces threat of illegal patenting
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.
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Intellectual Property Rights spark debate in climate talks
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.
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News for farmers
Plant growth promoters are naturally produced molecules that increase crop yield. Developing them for commercial use is difficult. The Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CIMAP) received a US patent in May, this year, for developing a promoter, isolated from a medicinal plant. Anil Kumar Singh, Deputy Director of the chemistry division, spoke to Savvy Soumya Misra An ongoing
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Study focuses on drug patents
A study done by the Coalition for Healthy India (CHI), an initiative of the US India Business Council (USIBC), brings the subject of pharmaceutical innovation and drug patents into public discourse.
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Novartis moves SC in Glivec patent case
SWISS major Novartis AG has moved the Supreme Court challenging Intellectual Property Appellate Board (IPAB) decision to reject its patent application of blood cancer drug Glivec in India. The case is expected to be heard on Monday.