it is indeed a shame that a country like India, with its vast indigenous and traditional knowledge base, should be a helplessly bystander as the patenting of many of its traditional systems goes on with unfailing regularity. A few are challenged but by and large patents in this field go undisputed.
In 1996, India managed to stall the famous patent on
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/win-one-lose-many
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/down-earth
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/spices
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/traditional-knowledge
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/medicinal-plants
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/biodiversity
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/legislation
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india
