Need to revive biopiracy talks at WTO: Commerce secretary Rita TeaotiaCommerce secretary Rita Teaotia said that there is an urgent need to revive discussions on the linkages between intellectual property right...
India wins patent war on hair loss formulaIndia successfully stalled a leading UK-based lab's move to patent a medicinal composition containing turmeric, pine bark and green tea for...
Government objects to German company Khadi Naturprodukte using khadi trademarkThe government has objected to the German company’s attempt to use the khadi trademark for selling a range of Indian-origin products.
- Government scraps patent for jamun-based diabetes drug
Govt revoked a patent granted for a medicine made from the extract of jamun, lavangpatti and chundun meant to treat diabetes.
- NBA to file bio-piracy case against developers of BT Brinjal: Official
NBA) is all set to file the country's firstever bio-piracy criminal case against companies involved in developing BT Brinjal by using its l...
- Lamy says bio-piracy concerns will not take Trips forward
The developed countries have opposed a proposal by India and eight other developing countries to include rules on checking bio-piracy in th...
- Developing nations demand bio-piracy protection in Trips
India and eight other developing countries continue to be at loggerheads with the US over the issue of amending the Trips agreement-the int...
- Talks to cover changes in Trips pact
The WTO has agreed to hold informal consultations on a possible amendment to the agreement on trade-related intellectual property rights (T...
- India not ready for a trip on bio-piracy issues
India’s fight for tightening the Trips Agreement to check bio-piracy is slowly gaining support from more World Trade Organisation (WTO) mem...
- India not ready for a 'trip' on bio-piracy issues
India’s fight for tightening the Trips Agreement to check bio-piracy is slowly gaining support from more World Trade Organisation (WTO) mem...
- India receives WTO support in battle against bio-piracy
In a major boost to India’s fight against bio-piracy at the multi-lateral level, World Trade Organisation director general Pascal Lamy, in ...
- India seeks Trips to bio-piracy
India has insisted that the issue of amending the trade-related aspects of intellectual property rights agreement (Trips) to check bio-pira...
- Developed nations veto trips talks
Developed countries, including Japan, Korea, the US, Australia and New Zealand, are continuing to oppose India’s attempts to start negotiat...
- WTO Trips panel to take up demand for bio-piracy curbs
India’s demand - backed by a host of other developing and least developed countries - for including `disclosure norms’ in the trade-related...
- India's efforts to check bio-piracy suffer setback
India’s attempt to frame multilateral rules to check bio-piracy has been rejected by a group of developed countries including the US, EU, J...
- India to take up bio-piracy issue at WTO meet
India’s proposal to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) for checking bio-piracy and protecting traditional knowledge will be taken up at the...
- India leads drive to check bio-piracy
India is leading a group of nine developing countries including Brazil, China and Pakistan in an effort to frame multilateral rules to chec...