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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The current proposals on the transfer of climate technology in the international climate negotiations: an assessment
This policy brief summarizes the current state of international climate negotiations relating to technology transfer and draws on an assessment of pertinent research to develop recommendations for participants at the upcoming climate negotiations in Copenhagen. Proposals geared towards the establishment of a new body responsible for technology in a
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Transferring environmentally sound technologies in an intellectual property-friendly framework
Given the emissions forecasts of both the industrialized and developing economies, and the disproportionate vulnerability of the world
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Seeds of trouble
The top-10 agricultural biotech firms in developed nations control 67% of the global proprietary seed market
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View green technologies as global public goods: PM
While urging the international community to view environment-friendly technologies as
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Development not at cost of ecology
Assam is very rich in natural, tangible and intangible heritage of songs, dance, music, theatre, handloom etc. Development here should not be ushered in at the cost of environment and ecology, said chairman of the Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) S K Misra while talking to this newspaper here today.
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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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Farming system in Jeypore tract of Orissa, India
The Jeypore tract of Orissa, India is famous for the genetic diversity of Asian cultivated rice and has been considered the center of origin of aus ecotype. The landraces or traditional varieties growing here are thought to harbor dominant genes for biotic and abiotic stresses, aroma and palatability and hold promise for their utilization in future plant breeding and biotechnology programs.
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Correspondence between Microsoft and FICCI concerning judicial roundtable organized by the Maharashtra State Judicial Academy in collaboration with FICCI
Correspondence between Microsoft and FICCI concerning judicial roundtable organized by the Maharashtra State Judicial Academy in collaboration with FICCI.
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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.