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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The phantom menace of gene patents
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
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The dangers of diagnostic monopolies
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.
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Coorg green cardamom will get regional patent: Expert
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.
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IIT-B to roll out inventions on commercial track
Mumbai: In a move that will provide impetus to development of innovation, the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB) will now facilitate dissemination, commercialization and public utilization of inventions by students and faculty members. It would be done in collaboration with Intellectual Ventures, a company that deals with funding inventions in institutes across the country.
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Impact of intellectual property rights on the Indian seed industry
The paper examines the impact of Intellectual Property Rights on the Indian seed industry. The data used in the study have been taken from the reputed published sources. The study brought out that as long as Indian farmer continues to be a grain producer and does not convert himself into a 'commercial seed seller' of the protected variety, he would be unaffected by the Plant Breeder's Rights.
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Worst fears realised: The Dutch confiscation of medicines bound from India to Brazil
The confiscation by Dutch customs authorities of a shipment of the pharmaceutical
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Access to medicines back on centre stage at the WTO
Sparked by the confiscation of a generic drugs shipment in Amsterdam in December, and similar incidents that have come to light since, poor countries
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Trends in IT patents filed from India: An analysis
The paper analyses trends in patents filed/owned from India in the area of information technology (IT). The Delphion Database was searched for finding the patents filed/owned in IT where assignee address contains string
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Patent activity by patent agents in India
Post TRIPS and WTO India
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Changes will mean affordable drugs for all
The patent system that has served drug companies so well may at last be changing to also help those who need drugs most.