A victory and a retreat on CLs

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

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

The Smithsonian steps on the ants

Iconic museum files patent claim on fungi to control leafcutter ants—a well-known fact

Myriad gains, we all lose

The US appeals court has upheld the patents for isolated human genes, ignoring scientists’ warning that it would obstruct vital research …

WHOSE SEED IS IT ANYWAY?

The rich world’s mania for patenting seeds and pushing the UPOV agenda do not aid food security or biological diversity

A North-South conflict

BIORESOURCES AND BIOTECHNOLOGY: POLICY CONCERNS FOR THE ASIAN REGION·Edited by Suman Sahai·Gene Campaign·New Delhi, 1999&…

Beware of Policymakers

PEOPLE, PLANTS AND PATENTS: THE IMPACT OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ON BIODIVERSITY, CONSERVATION, TRADE AND RURAL SOCIETY·Crucible group&…

Indications of a geographic muddle

Are Geographical Indications safeguarding the interests of growers and artisans?

Black magic

Scientists develop anti-diabetic drug from jamun

Bytes

Andaman and Nicobar: Beyond India's landmass

Excerpts from Troubled Islands! by Pankaj Sekhsaria

Saying no to Monsanto

The Indian patent office has once again rejected the biotech seed giant’s claim for a method to produce stress-tolerant transgenic plants

Acta is trade terrorism

India’s generic medicines export faces a huge threat from the anti-counterfeiting law which creates barriers to global trade

Uphill TRIPS

Bid to revive morality, transparency issues in patents regime amid stiff resistance

'Microbes can be patented'

Why do we need patents?

There is no empirical evidence that patents serve to increase innovation and productivity

Tesla's `insane' move to free up patents

The electric carmaker's decision could spur a revolution in green vehicles and in the way patents are viewed

Prometheus bound

The denial of a patent on a medical test that correlates drug dosages with treatment could mean the end of human gene patents

Seeds of discontent?

India's first legislation aimed at protecting farmers' rights raises many apprehensions

Twist in the TRIPS tale

UK panel endorses South's stand on intellectual property rights

Affordable medicines row

The US pharmaceutical industry -- which has so far prevented its government from endorsing a prescription for change -- is now directly engaging …

Safeguarding ancient wisdom

Traditional Knowledge Digital Library is a useful weapon against wrongful patent

Government's agri-research set-up is undemocratic

India, US tie their first IPR knot