IP protection to agricultural biotechnology has remained a contentious issue in India having serious implications for … crops and attract investment in agricultural field necessitated the conjunction of IPR and agricultural biotechnology. India … has adopted a dual form of IP protection for agricultural biotechnology; plant varieties are protected through the …

This document is a descriptive analytical commentary on emerging trends in agricultural biotechnology and the … increasing role of Intellectual Property Rights regime in determining the direction of this promising industry. Biotechnology has … by most countries of the world as the consequence of GATT and WTO require individuals and institutions engaged in …

terms of the CBD and the rules governing the international patent system has been debated since the conclusion of … this subject is on the active agenda of the WTO TRIPS Council, and it is being considered at the World Intellectual … patent system with a view to making a recommendation regarding whether a multilaterally agreed mandatory requirement for …

researchers and healthcare providers without infringing a gene patent. Many have voiced concern that this perceived thicket of … mentioned in a US patent claim. The myth that 20% of human genes are “patented” has taken root because too many have incorrectly … inferred that the mere “mention” of a gene in a patent claim precludes all uses of the gene. To better understand the actual …

In the context of the overall purpose of patent policy - to induce invention that would not otherwise occur and which … starts with assessing the evidence for the need for a patent system, considers who are the major beneficiaries of the patent … system and reviews the extent of judicial law-making on patent policy. In Australia the extension of the patent system to …

examination demonstrates clearly that European patent law has adapted itself to the new reality of biotechnology in many ways, but … trend was less prominent in the field of patent law and it was only with the coming into effect of the TRIPS Agreement that … Meilenstein von enormer Bedeutung, (a major milestone) since, for the first time in patent history, it introduced a worldwide …

solutions may be found within the patent system, both through reducing the transaction costs associated with material transfers …