The curious case of Ebola patents
The US government appears to have a cure and (almost) a vaccine for the deadly disease
Rising power of the knowledge commons
By ending ownership of ideas we can banish ignorance and change human history
The irrelevance of multilateralism
Rich countries gang up for a more strident intellectual property rights regime
Gene patent verdict is as good as it gets
The US Supreme Court’s verdict in the Myriad case keeps everyone happy
Jugaad of Indian innovation
Patting ourselves for our ability to arrive at makeshift solutions will not take us far
Indications of a geographic muddle
Are Geographical Indications safeguarding the interests of growers and artisans?
Drained royally by MNCs
Royalty payments to firms like Suzuki and Monsanto are sucking out huge sums from India
A nobel indictment of gene patenting
Legendary scientist James Watson files court brief against lunacy of gene patents
Public domain is not elementary, Sherlock
The Sherlock Holmes case highlights the stranglehold of copyright laws in the US
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
Biodiversity—India’s other scandal
CAG slams the national biodiversity authority for allowing questionable patents
Left sees red over Marx copyright
A small publisher of Collected Works has run afoul of Marxists by asserting copyright
Bitter ABS medicine for AYUSH
Manufacturers cry foul as they receive notices from state boards to pay royalty
Yale guide to fighting drug patent barriers
How human rights can be used to challenge oppressive intellectual property laws
Annihilation of caste and copyright claims
Ambedkar’s works have been published widely and yet pose a copyright conundrum
Mark Lynas and the demeaning of science
He’s fuzzy on facts and low on science, but the campaigner gets big media support
A pre-emptive strike against Monsanto
American organic farmers are trying to ensure the biotech giant cannot sue them
Big tobacco blows new smoke rings
A third front has opened up in their war on Australia’s cigarette packaging rules
ICAR chases patents for pickle
The National Research Centre on Meat has odd ideas on what can be patented
Why do judges need to be ‘sensitised’?
Powerful industry lobbies, domestic and foreign, are tutoring our judiciary on how to resolve patent disputes
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 …
Small brother is watching you
Private policing of Internet backed by courts is leading to censorship that affects everyone