Patent threat

Patent jugglery

The patents business

Warring tomatoes

Seeds of monopoly

A US firm's patent application on soyabean seeds harves fear rivals

Tribal woes

Patent dispute

A US firm has filed a patent for a jaundice-curing medicinal plant, found in south India

Patent laws challenged

Violating our patents

Grain drain

A US company has acquired the patent to what it claims is a new variety of basmati rice

Patents act

PATENTS ACT

New Jersey-based company get patent rights on karela, brinjal

CSIR to provide information about Indian herbs to create awareness

An unsavoury brawl

South Korea fights Japan to retain its rights over a traditional dish

PATENTING PLANTS

Africa proposes

Recognise community knowledge. Do not patent life

Patent protest

Possible drug price hike: apex court acts on appeals

Patent mess

Wheat's the problem

Seven years respite for LDCs

Beginning a new term

Terminator technology patent holder enters the Indian market

Patently bad drafting

The amended patents act is replete with inconsistencies and vague terms

Patent effect

Of bogus stem cell research

US trading on thin ice

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

Evergreening rampant in India

India's patent office has ignored the strict safeguards against evergreening and allowed a flood of secondary drug patents

Is safety the real concern?

Fear about safe use of natural refrigerants is more a political agenda and less a concern for safety