The chapter highlights how certain areas of IP Indian regimes are based on firm public interest focused principles. They not only offer IP owners monopolistic rights to extract economic value out of their inventions, plant varieties, signs or copyrighted works—they also strongly protect the...

The article analyses the first compulsory licence granted by the Indian government. The author argues that the decision adopted by India might be in violation of the non discrimination principle enshrined in Article 27(1) TRIPS Agreement