in time to grant of a patent when applied by domestic versus foreign applicants in China and India. A delay in time to …China and India reported highest growth in high-tech exports for the past two decades (World Bank) and hence are … grant on the basis of nationality violates the TRIPs agreement. Further, delay in grant of a patent generates dead …

, China, and India. Analyses of the availability of and access to patent information in Asia demonstrate that patent …Patent information - as a form of technology disclosure - serves an important function in business strategy as well as … in industrial policy making. This study first discusses the role of patent information for technology disclosure before …

to provide latitude to the Member States to tailor their national patent laws to fit their individual needs. In 2001, the … the lead role in enacting the TRIPS Agreement's substantive and procedural patent flexibilities by introducing unique … compulsory licensing, the most notable exception to patent rights provided under the TRIPS Agreement. This empirical study is …

strengthening the use of preventive and remedial TRIPS flexibilities and removing criminal sanctions for patent infringements …. Cambodia should reject any TRIPS-plus provisions in its patent legislation and avoid membership in bilateral or plurilateral … trade agreements that include TRIPS-plus provisions as well as signing patent treaties and memorandums of understanding that …