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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WIPO Meeting 2024: New treaty on genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge in place

Mandatory disclosure of source of genetic material and associated traditional knowledge could benefit biodiversity rich countries; concerns …

Safeguards missing

Africa's lax biopiracy laws leave its rich biodiversity exposed

Tradition incorporated

Patents are welcome only if the traditional rights of people are protected

Leaving their mark

Old-style corruption better?

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In the last two decades, neglect of traditional medicine has been replaced by renewed focus and a raft of policies and new laws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 …

Research row

Controversy erupts as samples for study on genetic mutations are sent outside India without approval

Cabinet approves country's first IPR policy

The policy is expected to lay the future roadmap for intellectual property in India

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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

A dirty US fight to control WIPO

China loses to Singapore in American smear campaign but the US will have to contend with an IP powerhouse

South gains words but loses its genes

While the North has made no commitment to reduce its emissions,, the South commits itself to protect the world's biodiversity

Herbal remedies

A new venture makes a foray into the world herbal market

Facilitator or barrier?

Doubts linger as India prepares to ratify two global plant pacts

Jumping the gun

The bill fails to utilise obvious relief routes offered by TRIPS

Hong Kong: a beginning?

In making TRIPS responsive to needs of poor countries?

Copyright bill restricts Net access

Law to curb piracy may fetter creativity  

What drives innovation?

The new Intellectual Property Rights policy is based on a tenuous premise that having more IPRs will result in more innovation