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India fares badly in IPR Protection Report by PERC
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Friday, August 27, 2010 |
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India was rated 6.5 on a scale on ten in terms of protecting intellectual property rights in a report titled " A review of intellectual property rights risk in Asia" by Hong Kong-based Political and Economic Risk Consultancy (PERC).Indonesia has the weakest IPR protection and has been given a 8.5, writes Shayonee Dasgupta in Spicy IP. |
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Looking Beyond The Hype
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Wednesday, June 30, 2010 |
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People have a very narrow conception of innovation. We should never forget that innovation can be driven only in a profit oriented society. The great Economist Joseph Schumpeter stressed this point. For innovation , intellectual property rights and various other frameworks are necessary, writes Sumit Bhaduri in The Times Of india. |
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New Book: Geographical Indicators: Its evolving contours
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Tuesday, August 25, 2009 |
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The volume titled "Geographical Indications…Its evolving Contours" by Dr Prabuddha Ganguli, a leading authority in IPR presents the nuances of Geographical Indication (GI) in a comprehensive and lucid manner in 9 chapters. The study further examines the system and practice of protection granted in respect of Geographical Indications in various countries. The system of GI is now well developed in India and the study presents the status of GI in India citing examples of GI that have been granted in India. |
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Generic Drugs Intercepted
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Wednesday, August 12, 2009 |
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There is growing concern over the interception and confiscation of Indian generic drugs passing through Amsterdam on their way to Africa or Latin American countries. Anand Sharma reports in the Indian Express how the Commerce Ministry needs to act wisely. |
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India Patents Rights and Wrongs
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Wednesday, July 29, 2009 |
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Roger Bates discusses the latest decisions in the Novartis case and argues that the retrospective application principle applied by the Board is highly damaging for the Indian Pharma industry. |
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Chittorgarh-Drug Prices and Generics
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Monday, July 27, 2009 |
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Chittorgarh shows the way to affordable healthcare—generic drugs at cost price. Pragya Singh reports in the Outlook. |
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Social network: Facebook can commercially use pictures of members
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Friday, July 24, 2009 |
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When you click on "I accept" in the agreement while opening a Facebook account little do you know that you have consented to the website using your private photographs for advertising and other purposes. Catherine Lyons opines in the LA Times. |
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Bell the copycat
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Wednesday, July 22, 2009 |
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For many years Bollywood producers have been greenlighting derivatives of foreign films – many of them American. All this while, Hollywood – thousands of miles away and largely unaware of Indian cinema – did not notice that its films were being copied. But the jig is up. Since the turn of the century, when the government granted official status to Bollywood as an industry, the US slowly started to become aware of Indian cinema. And now, the collision of Los Angeles and Mumbai has put the spotlight on intellectual property rights (IPR), writes Elizabeth Flock in Forbes India. |
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International Publishers want New Digital Intellectual Property Rights
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Thursday, July 16, 2009 |
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In a claimed bid to safeguard the future of journalism, International publishers have demanded new digital intellectual property rights. The “Hamburg Declaration” has been signed, calling for online copyright to be respected, to allow innovation to thrive and consumers to be better served, it was announced on Friday, 10 July 2009. |
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Intellectual Property Rights, the missing link to fight climate change
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Wednesday, July 15, 2009 |
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World leaders are talking a lot about climate change at the recent Group of Eight summit in Italy. One of the smarter ways to working will be to protect the intellectual property of green innovators from a growing onslaught by developing-world politicians and mistaken activists. Intellectual property rights are the underappreciated link in the environmentalist chain. The best path to a green future is not to break free-market principles, but to return to them, writes Tim Wilson in The Wall Street Journal. |
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