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 pharma s contingency plans
What is innovative? What can be patented?
Indian patent office finds it hard going
What this does to prices
Price control and compulsory licensing are essential
Indian patent office
On December 26, 2004, the Union government of India issued the Patents Amendments Ordinance, which will change the way the country does business on protecting the intellectual property rights of pharma companies, amongst others. Now, the ordinance is be
Samoa has sown the seeds of a bitter intellectual property rights battle in the Pacific region, claiming sole rights over a gene-sequence found in the mamala tree (Homalanthus nutans) used to make
Another controversy dedicated to Viagra! Pharmaceutical major Pfizer Inc. has decided to battle China's decision to revoke its patent on the product Viagra, granted in 2001. The patent was annulled
Commercial interests profit from unprotected artisanal knowledges