Competitive policies
The Ericsson case highlights the uneasy interface between competition policy and patent law
Should life forms be patented globally?
Patents are monopoly rights granted to the inventors to protect their economic interests. But this becomes complicated when the patent is …
Mass movement against Dunkel draft
Forty-five bodies have joined hands to mobilise protest campaigns against changes in laws which will comply with GATT proposals for a new …
Ours and theirs
An American company appropriates the name 'basmati' as its own, and the contentious issue of patents and protection comes to the fore once again
Losers still
The mad scramble for patenting the magic malaria antidote is seemingly resulting in dishonesty and plagiarism, while Onges, the actual knowledge …
No penny for the Onges?
The discovery of a generation-old plant extract used by Onges in The Andarnans has patent-hungry profiteers jostling their way down There The …
Looks like Basmati but
India is losing the pride of many a pulao -- the aroma and taste of basmati rice. What are scientists and legal experts fighting about?
Protecting the nation's patents
V K GUPTA , director, National Institute of Science Communication (NISCOM), tells VIBHA VARSHNEY how they set about building the Traditional …
Patent fights
A treatment for AIDS
The US recognises an Ayurvedic treatment that can help combat AIDS
EC backs India
Patent challenged
Patenting life
It's time to take a moral and ethical look at the human genome project initiated in India
Sumptuous slumber
India sleeps tight while a US company acquires a patent over three rice strains
Patented to act
Basmati embroglio -- stoked to cook
Plant protection authority sets right its potato blunder
A public campaign forced it to revoke registration of PepsiCo’s potato variety, but the agency needs to reset its priorities
Small brother is watching you
Private policing of Internet backed by courts is leading to censorship that affects everyone
Rejection of Dunkel proposals is a farce
Observers say the government's rejection of the Dunkel proposals on seed patenting is just an eyewash.
Time for India to take stock
The new trade order ordained by GATT affects India's entire economy. Some consider it a new form of colonialism, but others see it as a bountiful …
Brushing up
India's good old neem tree could be used by industry if it stands by its assurances of research and resources
PIPRA: An attempt to hoodwink the Third World
The ongoing attempts to strengthen intellectual property protection regimes through the Trade-Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) …
Break the Deadlock
In 1995, many in India were outraged to learn that a university in the US was granted a patent to make and sell haldi (turmeric) for its wound …
A nobel indictment of gene patenting
Legendary scientist James Watson files court brief against lunacy of gene patents
A fair Share
Has India missed the boat?