In 1995, many in India were outraged to learn that a university in the US was granted a patent to make and sell haldi turmeric for its wound healing properties. Patents are usually given to creations that are deemed useful and involve an inventive st

The ongoing attempts to strengthen intellectual property protection regimes through the Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights TRIPS agreement, are choking knowledge transfers from the industrialised world to developing countries. And with private c

Recognise community knowledge. Do not patent life

China is tightening norms to