Patent Baristas

Well, I’ve certainly heard from a number of people regarding my earlier post on  the compulsory license granted by the Controller-General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks to Natco Pharma for manufacture of Bayer’s drug Sorafenib Tosylate (Nexavar), a drug used to treat liver and kidney cancer. The gist of the complaints are that I’m […]

Oh Lord, won’t you buy me a Mercedes Benz? My friends all drive Porsches, I must make amends. Worked hard all my lifetime, no help from my friends, So Lord, won’t you buy me a Mercedes Benz? ~ Janis Joplin Under Section 84 of the Indian Patents Act, 1970, any person can make an application […]

The Economic Importance of the US-India Relationship featuring Congressman Steve Chabot Congressman Chabot will discuss Washington’s role in helping US companies do business in India. He is Chairman of the House Subcommittee on The Middle East And South Asia. October 19, 2011, 6:00-9:00 PM | Frost, Brown Todd Offices 3300 Great American Tower, 301 East […]

Keeping up with intellectual property today means taking a more global perspective.  This is especially true in countries emerging as large producers of intellectual property.  The SiNApSE blog features a wealth of information on the patents and other intellectual property in India.  This blog, written by a team of ten IP professional acting as contributors, […]

India and United States have signed two inter-governmental agreements on Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) to help prevent what they say is the misappropriation of traditional knowledge through mistaken issuance of patents, what some call biopiracy. ‘Biopiracy’ describes a process in which living resources or traditional knowledge and practices are patented, thus applying intellectual property restrictions […]

In recent years, India has witnessed rapid changes in its patenting landscape as a result of the growing economic activity and reforms (related to patents).  In May 2008, Evalueserve, a global research and analytics firm, investigated the patenting landscape in India , focusing on the patent applications published over 2005–07. Some of the key findings […]