The World Intellectual Property Indicators 2010 provides a wide range of indicators covering various areas of intellectual property: patents, utility models, trademarks, industrial designs and microorganisms.

The role of intellectual property rights (IPRs) in the transfer of climate change technologies has emerged as a particularly contentious issue in the past two years.

After months of speculation, Brazil and India have launched a WTO dispute against the EU and the Netherlands over the seizure of generic drugs in transit.

What is a counterfeit medicine? The answer depends on who responds. To an English-speaking lay-person, it generally means

Protecting bio-resources and traditional knowledge
After successfully contesting a patent dispute with China earlier this year

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DOMESTIC pharma major Cipla has successfully challenged Hungarian drugmaker Richter Gedeon

Manjushree G Naik, Udupi, August 16, DH News Service:

Mattu Gulla, the famed Udupi brinjal, has received the Geographical Indicator patent.

 Baskets full of Udupi Gulla. DH PhotoThe famed eggplant species adds an exceptional flavour to the cuisine and has tickled the taste buds of the food buffs far beyond the district.

LUPIN Limited and Ranbaxy Laboratories along with its parent company Daiichi Sankyo have slapped patent infringement charges against each other to stop one another from launching low-cost versions of their respective original drugs in the US.

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