Economy

 Tripped again

pharmaceuticals: The Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPs) regime was amended on December 6, 2005, to ensure patent protection for pharmaceutical products without, however, preventing

Publication Date: 
14/01/2006
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Traditional Knowledge, Drugs, Biodiversity, Patents, Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)
Agriculture

 Beginning a new term

Terminator technology patent holder enters the Indian market

Publication Date: 
29/11/2005
Sourav Mishra
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Tags:
Agriculture, Technology, Patents, India, Punjab
Agriculture

 Treacherous Syngenta

The world s third largest seed company files patents for public funded rice research

Publication Date: 
14/10/2005
Sourav Mishra
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Agriculture, Seeds, Rice, Research, Patents, Developing Countries
Biodiversity

 Unity in diversity

a meeting of the Convention on Biodiversity (cbd) will be held in February in Bangkok to discuss rules for international transfer of biological resources. In preparation, ministerial delegations of a

Publication Date: 
14/02/2005
Shams Kazi
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Tags:
Convention On Biological Diversity (CBD), Neem, WTO, Traditional Knowledge, Biodiversity, Patents, Mexico, Brazil, Developing Countries
Agriculture

 Monsanto loses wheat patent

Activists and farmers opposing patents on Indian agricultural products by the West have achieved rare victory. A patent on Indian wheat, held by multinational corporation Monsanto, has been revoked

Publication Date: 
14/11/2004
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Agriculture, Wheat, Patents
Wildlife

 Bytes

easy rabies cure: Tobacco plants have been genetically modified to produce proteins used to combat the rabies virus. Till now, the only way to fight the virus was to use antibodies derived from

Publication Date: 
14/07/2003
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Tobacco, Oceans and Seas, Development, Diagnostic Methods, Drugs, Rabies, Wildlife, Technology, Research, Patents, Scientists, Nigeria, South Africa, Computers
Biodiversity

 Andaman and Nicobar: Beyond India's landmass

Excerpts from Troubled Islands! by Pankaj Sekhsaria

Publication Date: 
14/02/2003
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Tags:
Forests, Islands, Andaman Islands, Tropical Forests, Forest Management, Endangered Species, Tribals, Flora, Fauna, Biodiversity, Patents, Supreme Court
Forests

 Sinking planks

Phytoplankton production could damage oceanic ecosystems

Publication Date: 
29/11/2002
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Tags:
Pollution Control, Forests, Glaciers, Marine Life, Carbon Dioxide, Global Warming, Technology, Research, Patents
India

 Twist in the TRIPS tale

UK panel endorses South's stand on intellectual property rights

Publication Date: 
14/10/2002
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Tags:
WTO, Traditional Knowledge, Drug Industry, Biodiversity, Private Sector, Patents, Argentina, India, Developing Countries
Economy

 Can green mean free?

Developing countries also fear the huge costs associated with greener technologies, which will be unbearable by their domestic industries. It could make their goods uncompetitive in western markets.

Publication Date: 
14/12/2001
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Trade, WTO, Economy, Drugs, Drug Industry, Turtles, Subsidies, Biotechnology, Patents, Malaysia, India, Global, Sustainable Development, Developing Countries, European Union (EU)

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