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
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
INDIAN Patent Office has granted a record number of 15,262 patents during the financial year 2007-08. This is more than double what was granted during the previous year
Muga silk from Assam, Madhubani paintings from Bihar, Kerala's Malabar pepper and green cardamom and Kovai Cora cotton from Tamil Nadu are among the 31 ethnic Indian products that were given protection last fiscal against anyone getting patents in their names throughout the world. The government granted a record number of protections against patents to region-specific products in 2007-08 through the Geographical Indications (GIs), a mechanism which India adopted through legislation in September, 2003.
In a move likely to influence future drug price regulation in the country, the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) has started a process to understand how other countries carry out this f
Justice S Ravinder Bhat of the Delhi High Court is a hero to some.
Novartis India is up in arms against a two-month old decision of the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) to reduce the price of its flagship brand Voveran on public interest grounds.
The battles lines in the power struggle over seeds are shifting in Europe. Authorities are dropping plans to push US-led "first generation' genetically modified organisms (GMOs), so that European companies can develop "covert' GMOs and new "double-locked' seeds instead. In 2008, the Sarkozy regime will use the French presidency of the European Union to promote its own corporate-led agenda on these issues. It is becoming more important than ever that farmers assert their collective rights over seeds. Guy Kastler of the Peasant Seed Network in France explains. April 2008
The Union Ministry of Science and Technology is forcing through a controversial act which seeks to regulate rights over government-funded research. Many feel that Public Funded R&D (Protection,
DEBATE Eventually, the debate boils down to whether removing patent rights will lead to lower R&D in diseases that are important for patients in developing economies. Ranjit Shahani
A Delhi High Court interim order given last week can totally alter the patent regime in the country for life-saving drugs.
358 of 413 drug patent applications for the disease in India are from top multinationals.