Draft Patents (Amendment) Rules, 2021
On February 09, 2021, the Government of India vide the Ministry of Commerce and Industry published the draft Patents (Amendment) Rules, 2021 (hereinafter referred to as the “new draft Rules”) as a proposal
Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)
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Asian Development Outlook (ADO) 2020: What drives innovation in Asia?
<p>Growth in the region is expected to slow sharply to 2.2% in 2020 under the effects of the current health emergency and then rebound to 6.2% in 2021.</p><a href="http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/ADBreport-Asia-innovation.pdf"
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Honey bee network in Africa: co‐creating a grassroots innovation ecosystem in Africa
This paper presents a case study of the Honey Bee Network’s decentralized model for collecting, verifying and disseminating grassroots innovations and provides a roadmap for its replication in Africa.
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Blockchain applications and the Sustainable Development Goals
This paper aims to assess the potential of blockchain applications in the financial, business, public and climate change sectors to contribute to the realisation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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India as an innovation economy: the role of IP and ICT
To harness India’s potential as an innovation ecosystem there needs to be more focus on Intellectual Property creation and commercialisation. But, there is a huge gap in this space, according to a recent
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Intellectual property evolution and innovation ecosystem as effective tools in strengthening Indian healthcare sector
<p>Despite India’s enormous technological potential, indigenous medicinal knowledge and various initiatives by the government and industry at translational cycle, the country carries a global disease
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Draft Assam agriculture policy (2018)
The recent Nasa findings that ornamental plants release maximum oxygen seem to have prompted the Assam government to plan massive urban agriculture and vertical farming to grow such plants, fruits and
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Medicine procurement and the use of flexibilities in the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights, 2001–2016
<p>Millions of people, particularly in low- and middle-income countries, lack access to effective pharmaceuticals, often because they are unaffordable. The 2001 Ministerial Conference of the World Trade
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Intellectual property rights protection and the international transfer of low-carbon technologies
Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) affect the transfer of technologies between countries in the form of foreign direct investment and trade in equipment goods. The impact of IPRs is a contentious issue
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Handbook on Intellectual Property Rights & Technology Transfer
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has released the Handbook on Intellectual Property Rights & Technology Transfer which will help increase awareness among ICMR scientists to help them protect