Yale guide to fighting drug patent barriers

How human rights can be used to challenge oppressive intellectual property laws

Rajasthan opens farm gates

State ties up with Monsanto, other biotech giants to restructure agriculture

Whose germplasm is it?

NBA struggles to frame case against Mahyco in first biopiracy case

Say cheese to Brussels

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Big tobacco blows new smoke rings

A third front has opened up in their war on Australia’s cigarette packaging rules

News 360° - Briefs

News 360° - Briefs

Follow the Chinese way on high tech

Making universities the hub of innovation and churning out scientists adept in frontier technology has put China at the top

Untapped potential

India’s two-decade journey with Geographical Indication tags has shown limited out-come and there is an urgent need to simplify the …

Post-pandemic blues of predatory pharma

Huge stockpiles of COVID-19 vaccines and treatments, along with a steep drop in revenues, tell a sorry tale of Big Pharma’s greed   

Effect of Brexit on unitary patents

The UK’s divorce from Europe will reduce IP protection and may result in an increase in the cost of protection of IP rights on the continent

How to evade a tricky patent call

Five government departments tossed the ball to each other to avoid a decision on revoking a Novartis patent

Limiting HFCs should not be a burden on the developing world

Developing countries should guard against a weak phase-down of the super-warming hydrofluorocarbons in the ongoing Montreal Protocol

Bizarre patent tussles over a COVID-19 jab

Moderna’s many intellectual property disputes over its vaccine highlight the need for a patent-free regime to fight the pandemic

US trading on thin ice

As Trump escalates the trade war with China, the key question is what constitutes theft of intellectual property

Navara rice controversy: Plant Variety Act doesn’t protect farmers’ interests, say experts

A farmer’s plea to register a traditional rice variety has once again raised concerns about loopholes in the Protection of Plant …

Farmers' rights are a hot potato

The fallout between US major PepsiCo and Gujarat’s potato growers underlines the looming threat to farmers’ rights in India over …

Betrayal by monopoly

Book>> Common as air, revolution, art and ownership • by Lewis Hyde, Farrar, Strauss and Girar

Historic win for farmer seed rights: PepsiCo’s IPR on potato variety revoked

Judgement against Pepsico potato variety sets precedent for all seed and food and beverages corporations not to transgress farmers’ seed …

In the midst of war, Russia hits at patents

As US-EU sanctions deepen, Moscow passes a law to allow free use of patents owned by ‘unfriendly countries’

Civil society raises concern over RCEP negotiations

The free trade agreement will cover a large range of issues—trade in goods, agriculture, services, investment and intellectual property

Finally, firm no to software patents

The Patent Office has clearly said software patents can only be granted if linked to novel hardware

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

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