What's the fuss about Bt brinjal?
Mohammad Rafiqul Islam Mondal, director-general of Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI), is among the handful of people who have …
A treaty too many
India is learning that there is a heavy price to be paid for the large number of bilateral investment treaties, or BITs, it has signed in the …
Future compromised
The Earth Summit was a historical opportunity to set the world on the correct development trajectory. Negotiators from 191 countries came …
The hunt for benefits
India is hailed as a pioneer in implementing the third objective of the Convention on Biological Diversity—fair and equitable sharing of …
Effect of Brexit on unitary patents
The UK’s divorce from Europe will reduce IP protection and may result in an increase in the cost of protection of IP rights on the continent
How to evade a tricky patent call
Five government departments tossed the ball to each other to avoid a decision on revoking a Novartis patent
Limiting HFCs should not be a burden on the developing world
Developing countries should guard against a weak phase-down of the super-warming hydrofluorocarbons in the ongoing Montreal Protocol
Bizarre patent tussles over a COVID-19 jab
Moderna’s many intellectual property disputes over its vaccine highlight the need for a patent-free regime to fight the pandemic
US trading on thin ice
As Trump escalates the trade war with China, the key question is what constitutes theft of intellectual property
Navara rice controversy: Plant Variety Act doesn’t protect farmers’ interests, say experts
A farmer’s plea to register a traditional rice variety has once again raised concerns about loopholes in the Protection of Plant …
Farmers' rights are a hot potato
The fallout between US major PepsiCo and Gujarat’s potato growers underlines the looming threat to farmers’ rights in India over …
Betrayal by monopoly
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In the midst of war, Russia hits at patents
As US-EU sanctions deepen, Moscow passes a law to allow free use of patents owned by ‘unfriendly countries’
Historic win for farmer seed rights: PepsiCo’s IPR on potato variety revoked
Judgement against Pepsico potato variety sets precedent for all seed and food and beverages corporations not to transgress farmers’ seed …
Civil society raises concern over RCEP negotiations
The free trade agreement will cover a large range of issues—trade in goods, agriculture, services, investment and intellectual property
Finally, firm no to software patents
The Patent Office has clearly said software patents can only be granted if linked to novel hardware
It will be months before there is consensus over COVID-19 vaccine patents: Experts
The United States has supported a temporary waiver on COVID-19 vaccine patents; but not all is hunky-dory, say experts
You can be sued for your social media posts
Copyright issues related to social media posts are a concern as platforms are shutting down accounts without notice
We are pirates all
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Road to COP15 Montreal: Mexican indigenous groups yet to benefit under Nagoya Protocol; here is why
The Convention on Biological Diversity leaves many matters to the interpretation of each country’s laws
Let it flow: COVID-19 pandemic underscores need to share research; but how will it work
The scientific community has rolled out plans to remove hurdles in the shift to open access publishing. Will this ensure equitable access?
Kenya's struggle to modernise traditional medicine is far from won
In the last two decades, neglect of traditional medicine has been replaced by renewed focus and a raft of policies and new laws
Clearing the smoke on packaging
WTO rules that Australian laws on tobacco packaging don't violate global obligations to protect intellectual property
Hypocrisy of the west
A legitimate tool to meet any public health crisis, rich countries, particularly the US, have resolutely opposed its deployment by developing …
Only a piglet in Russia’s war on patents
Post-Ukraine, Russia has held back from appropriating intellectual property despite a law to punish unfriendly countries