WTO's 12th ministerial conference: India demands IPR waiver on Covid vaccinesThe main elements of the text, which is under negotiations of the WTO's response to the pandemic, include TRIPS waiver proposal, food secur...
14 Jun, 2022, 03.30 PM IST
A little waiver makes for a little victoryTwo years of sustained efforts by India and South Africa, working constructively with developing and developed country partners, have led t...
18 Mar, 2022, 10.48 PM IST
WTO working on limited IPR waiver for Covid jabsIndia and South Africa had in 2020 proposed a comprehensive waiver of certain provisions of copyrights, industrial designs, patents and pro...
17 Mar, 2022, 06.41 AM IST
‘TRIPS waiver is a sub-optimal solution compared to voluntary arrangements’In a recent article, CUTS International, a global public policy research and advocacy group, maintains that the cornerstone of an equitable...
25 Dec, 2021, 06.25 PM IST
View: Arriving at an equitable response to the pandemicThe Doha Declaration on TRIPS and public health clarified pre-existing flexibilities in the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellect...
10 Dec, 2021, 05.08 PM IST
India must go to this year's G7 summit with a Plan B on COVID-19 vaccinesIndia must offer a Plan B, a vaccine partnership, in which India shares know-how to manufacture indigenously developed and approved vaccine...
07 Jun, 2021, 11.31 PM IST
Jaishankar, USTR discuss vaccine partnership, trade, IPR waiver“Our trade, technology and business cooperation are at the core of our strategic partnership. Enhancing them is vital to post-Covid economi...
29 May, 2021, 07.54 AM IST
WTO's TRIPS Council to discuss revised proposal of IPR waiver to deal with COVID-19The agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights or TRIPS came into effect in January 1995. It is a multilateral agre...
23 May, 2021, 04.00 PM IST
India, S Africa, 60 others propose 3-year IPR waiver period to fight pandemicAs per the revised proposal on Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) Agreement waiver submitted Friday in the World Trade Orga...
23 May, 2021, 06.35 AM IST
India and US discuss revised proposal for TRIPS vaccine waiverThe focus of the revised proposal – also backed by South Africa – will continue to be ensuring “equitable, affordable and timely access” fo...
16 May, 2021, 08.58 AM IST
Unlocking vaccine IPs provides a keyThere would be two practical advantages for vaccine production in India, if the waiver comes through at the World Trade Organization.
06 May, 2021, 11.14 PM IST
Time is of essence, need to deliver on TRIPS waiver proposal in couple of quarters: Indian Ambassador to WTOThe agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights or TRIPS came into effect in January 1995. It is a multilateral agre...
04 May, 2021, 10.26 PM IST
UNCTAD supports India, South Africa proposal to waive off global IP provisions“This waiver will ensure that intellectual property rights do not restrict rapid scaling up of manufacturing and do not hinder an equitable...
30 Apr, 2021, 04.09 PM IST
India slams attempts to profit from vaccine techNew Delhi also called for greater support to its proposal along with South Africa at the World Trade Organization to waive the implementati...
17 Apr, 2021, 07.41 AM IST
US, EU block India's fight for IPR waiver for Covid drugsAt the same time, several developing countries, including China, Pakistan, Thailand, Indonesia and Turkey, have backed the proposal, which ...
18 Oct, 2020, 03.43 PM IST
India, South Africa seek waiver in global IPR laws for easy access to medical productsCiting reports of IPRs hindering timely provisioning of affordable medical products to the patients, they highlighted that certain members ...
03 Oct, 2020, 08.39 PM IST
Draft IPR policy suggests tax incentives for patentsThe National IPR Policy has been formulated with the mission to foster innovation, accelerate economic growth, employment.
24 Dec, 2014, 10.20 PM IST