Soul searching

IPRs lead to shoddy research, admits world's oldest scientific academy

Patent over AIDS drug-yielding tree

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

"We need a revolution in global trade"

Walden Bello is professor of Sociology and Public Administration at the University of the Philippines, and executive director of the Bangkok-…

Kudos to Kanis

Africa proposes

Recognise community knowledge. Do not patent life

Biopiracy bid?

Study on catfish opposed

Seven years respite for LDCs

Patently bad drafting

The amended patents act is replete with inconsistencies and vague terms

Free for all

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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 …

EC backs India

Sumptuous slumber

India sleeps tight while a US company acquires a patent over three rice strains

Safeguarding tradition

Films chained, unchained

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 …

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 …

Now, isabgol

In the wake of growing demand in the West, multinational companies are attempting to patent isabgol

Debt trap

Cash-strapped Sri Lanka under pressure to let the US play a decisive role in conserving its tropical forests

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) …

Betrayal by monopoly

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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 …

IPR claims by big companies; farmers' food security under threat

Patents on seeds by corporations leave farmers unable to save or share seeds

Hidden feelings surface