Farmers feel left out

The budget is more concerned about the consumer than the grower

In praise of open-source innovation

India slams mania for patents and says open-source models work better to spur innovation

God’s Invincible Laddoo

Tirupati temple wins its Geographical Indications case on a specious logic; registry order sidesteps fundamental issues

Annoying the US, our way

Despite close cooperation with American enforcement officials, US unhappy with India’s report card

Gene patent verdict is as good as it gets

The US Supreme Court’s verdict in the Myriad case keeps everyone happy

The great biodiversity vanishing trick

Kingfisher and Cronies

A Query For Kaushik Basu

Big blue trips up Twitter

IBM’s claim of patent violation by Twitter reflects the madness in software litigation in the US

The Microsoft way

Wherein an Indian firm using pirated Microsoft software here is sued in the US by California state for using unfair trade advantage

Looming threat of a secretive trade pact

Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement will extend restrictive intellectual property laws globally

Medicines Pool Swirls

Drug companies are slowly joining the UN effort to offer life-saving patented medicines to poor countries but the terms are sometimes restrictive

“The climate crisis is here and now”

Increasing risk of extreme weather has made it easier to have conversations on environment in El Salvador, the country’s minister of …

GM maize and its health implications for humans

Michael Antoniou, head of the Nuclear Biology Group in the UK, has been studying the health effects of genetically modified (GM) crops since 1995.…

Jugaad of Indian innovation

Patting ourselves for our ability to arrive at makeshift solutions will not take us far

Books in cyberspace

Online Library>> Education • Brazil

Where is the sceptical indian scientist?

Rajasthan seed initiative wilts

MoUs with biotech seed companies in limbo as protests force a rethink

Beware of Obama's trade agenda

Can we trust Arvind Subramanian not to push for the kind of concessions the US will be demanding from India?

A victory and a retreat on CLs

Supreme Court upholds India's first compulsory licence but government baulks at giving the second

Proper diet for children should include eggs to provide good quality proteins

Veena Shatrugna has campaigned vigorously against brahmanical influence on the ‘balanced diet’. She explains the politics of …

He had a dream and a copyright

Martin Luther King's seminal speech on Black rights in 1963 is still not in the public domain because of strict copyright enforcement

Patently hollow claims of the US

Global organisations and academics defend India’s IP laws and call for US to back off

Why scientists don’t back Novartis claim

As Novartis’ Indian patent case reaches end, a reminder of how scientists view unfair patents

Menacing US diplomacy

Specialist attachés are strenuously pushing maximalist intellectual property rules worldwide