ICAR’s shoddy science
Inquiry panel finds Bt cotton project had serious flaws, scientists were unethical
The desperation of farmers
Trademarks, jai ho!
Songs have been the subject of copyright and trademark battles. In India composer A R Rahman is holding up a film for using his song Jai Ho as …
The NATCO CL fallout
The compulsory licence granted to Natco may not be a trendsetter but it will shake up the pharmaceuticals market
FARM IP, ENTER WIPO
Developing countries will now have to battle IP issues related to new agricultural technologies at WIPO instead of WTO
A treasure too good to lose
Mexicans are fighting hard to save their traditional maize from the onslaught of GM hybrids and US exports
Spy versus spy and high tech gizmos
From secure manhole covers to Internet tracking systems, NSA has an arsenal of patents
How to save $25 billion and more on drug costs
Patent settlements bring cheaper generics to market early and cut healthcare spending
A patent triumph of public interest
New flexibilities make public interest safeguards integral to drug patent rights
Strong medicine for weak drug patents
Revocation of Pfizer, Roche patents for lacking inventive step signals healthy trend
ANNA TO BINAYAK AND TATA
Japanese biopiracy of our Ballia barley
Japan’s Sapporo brewery patents Indian barley gene without giving benefit to farmers
Left sees red over Marx copyright
A small publisher of Collected Works has run afoul of Marxists by asserting copyright
Rotten tomato for Monsanto
US biotech giant's claim on a natural tomato is its latest patent to be revoked by Europe after soy and wheat
Fighting a flawed WTO regime
India and G-33 are pushing for reform of the agriculture subsidy system but the US and EU have a different agenda for the upcoming Bali meet
Village throws a googly
Remote Eklehara has challenged what can be classified as a bio-resource and who should benefit from its use
Crazy for GI? Think again
The protection of Geographical Indication is not a guarantee that the artisan or producer will benefit; traders can corner the premium
A rather ridiculous gap
Clothing giant Gap’s trademark infringement notice to an NGO selling products made from recycled waste is a curious case
India’s 3 D Message
The Supreme Court judgment in the Novartis case clearly upholds India’s patent laws, not weakens the patent regime
GM crop benefits are all in future
Nearly 40 years ago, Marc Van Montagu of Ghent University in Belgium, along with fellow researcher Jeff Schell, discovered that Agrobacterium …
GM and the superhero
Pushing limits of drug access
Relying solely on gross national income to determine priorities in global health is not working any more
Rice fields as carbon sinks
A study by Indian scientists finds lowland flooded rice ecosystems can store vast amounts of carbon but the jury is still out on whether these …
NCD battle starts now
The UN agreement on non-communicable diseases will get snagged on the issue of intellectual property rights for drugs
Everyone is stealing germplasm
When agronomist Ralladoddi Hampaiah was advisor to the Russian government, he discovered how easy it was to take genetic resources out of India. …