Creative India: tapping the full potential
India’s creative economy is large, but its untapped potential is even larger. This study provides the first reliable measure on the size of India’s creative economy, explores the many challenges faced
Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)
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Students need to form ecological parliament
Noted ecologist Vandana Shiva on Thursday urged the youth to have an ecological parliament to save the earth.
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India: access to affordable drugs and the right to health
Nearly 2 billion people (a third of the world's population) lack access to essential medicines. In low-income and middle-income countries, drugs account for 20
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Proceedings of the ninety eighth session of the Indian Science Congess, Chennai, 2011 (Engineering Sciences)
<p>Proceedings of the ninety eighth session of the Indian Science Congess, Chennai, 2011 (Engineering Sciences).</p>
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B K Keayla: A personal reminiscence
Bal Krishan Keayla, a key figure in the National Working Group on Patent Law and an indefatigable campaigner for two decades against the GATT/WTO agreement on intellectual property, died on 27 November. A colleague in the working group reminisces.
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Four myths that hold back progress in fighting climate change
Vinod Thomas and Kenneth Chomitz The U.N. Secretary-General has presented options for raising $100 billion a year to promote development while fighting climate change. This is timely, but for such funds to make a difference, we must get past a set of myths that prevent the efficient use of resources. Myth no.
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Kyoto BASIC to outcome
Spelling out its non-negotiables for an agreed outcome at the Cancun climate change conference, the group of four major developing economies
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India pushes for clean technology
IN AN effort to ensure an agreement on climate technology, India has put forwarded an unofficial discussion proposal that seeks to balance the demands and concerns of both industrialised and developing countries. The proposed mechanism seeks to facilitate rapid adoption of climate technology in a cost effective manner.
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Searching for transparency: Improving patent information to increase access to medicines
<p>The ability of developing and least-developed countries to procure affordable generic medicines continues to be hampered by a lack of transparency in patent information. While there has been an increase in electronic patent information since TRIPS, much more still needs be done.</p>
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Views differ on WTOs generics solution, IPR enforcement
A rarely-used system intended to help poor countries import generic versions of patent-protected drugs was the main focus of discussions at the October session of the TRIPS Council. Developing countries also raised serious concerns over the Anti-counterfeiting Trade Agreement.
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Intellectual property rights and international technology transfer to address climate change
The rapid deployment and diffusion of environmentally sound technologies (ESTs) is considered crucial for tackling the climate change challenge. In this context, the role of intellectual property rights (IPRs) in the transfer of climate change technologies has been particularly contentious in the negotiations under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).