Announcement / News - 2001

 
 
DECEMBER  NEWS
Patenting in Pharmaceuticals Industry
New logo for Indian IP , Modernization of Patents Office Quite Afar ! 
Breakthrough in hybrid rice technology.
Textle Ministry favours Bt cotton
The Origin to TRIPS !
CCMB's success in transgenics
China enters WTO
Patenting Trend in India  June - July , 2001 in terms of patents for opposition

 
 
NOVEMBER  NEWS
Anthrax Drug and the Patent Problem
Rich nations have hijacked WTO , says Murasoli Maran
Generics market to surge to $45 billion by 2005?
GM cotton and the Gujarat muddle
India loses her auto dispute at WTO
New WTO Round , Congress and Left agrees with government?
Basumati rice from even Kerala?
Novel IPR wars between generic companies?
Industrial sickness, a paramount problem
CSIR licenses "ASMON" know-how to Herbo Chem
Dr Punjab Singh, the New DG,ICAR
New trends in pesticide sector
A "Buy India Act" in the offing?
Indian chip design companies set to boom?
Patenting Trends in India for the period June - July 2001
Do Nobel Laureates believe in patenting?
 
OCTOBER  NEWS
Lawyers urged to gain IPR insight.
India must fight other 'basumati' patent claims.
SWAGLOK for increased presence in Indian market.
Trade Marks/Brands assume much greater role in India.
China in better form to face WTO even before joining ?
IICB marketing its patents to corporates
How "global" is "globalization" ?
Can Busumati be grown only in Pujab,Haryana and Western UP ?
Need for sui generis system for protection of traditional knowledge ?
Pharma consortium for local production of patented drugs
On Lifting of US Sanctions against India -Its IPR Implications
Glaxo SmithKline filed three suits against Dr. Reddy's Laboratory
 
SEPTEMBER NEWS
Plant Varieties Bill Passed
Dr R.Chidambaran , the new TIFAC chief.
US to maintain export controls.
WTO : Implementation Issues must not be linked.
Biggest generic drug launch.
Indian molecule for asthma ready for licensing ?
Drug patent laws could cost Canadian industry $ 50 million.
UNIDO on IPR Challenge for Indian Industry.
GM vegetables to hit market in two years , says IARI.
Micro-organism depository in IMTECH/CSIR.

 
 
AUGUST NEWS
Eli Lilly for Investments only after the New Patent Regime.
Export data 2000-01 – Need for IPR audit.
Agrani Satellite Launch delayed.
Free Software Movement declared open from Trivandrum.
Trade Mark Wars picking up in India.
UNDP Human Development Report 2001 –Technology Advancement Index,TAI.
US Assistant Secretary of State on IPR Protection
IP Appellate Board for India.
Intelsat is privatized and re-organized.
Indian Drug Companies with New Strategies under the New Regime.
 
JULY NEWS
Recent US Patents related Indian Traditional Spices.
Greenpeace file petition against Du Pont maize patent.
"Elephants cannot ignore ants" says Shri Murasoli Maran.
US drops complaint against Brazil on AIDS Drug patent.
MNCs remain net negative forex earners
 
JUNE NEWS
Crops Protection Industries also in Panic and Trouble
Trends Data from Indian Patents Office
Drugs Research Fund Approved by Expenditure Finance Committee.
IICT emerges as the Top CSIR Unit in Patenting.
DGCSIR on Global IPR Panel.
US Panel rejects plea on American Basmati Sales.
Patent on jute hessian revoked.
Trade Mark case on "Crocin".
Recent US Patents related Indian Traditional Spices.
More Trade Mark Wars on the anvil in India.
New Trends in Pharma R&D under the New IPR Regime
R&D Expenditure of top Indian companies
Glaxo SmithKline and HIV drugs
ICAR to Superwise Bt Cotton Trials
Major Patent War on Printer Technology
ICAR Efforts to meet New Demands on Agriculture from Processing Industry
Developing Country Group’s Paper for the TRIPS Council Meeting, June 20,2001
 
MAY NEWS
Glaxo withdraws charge against CIPLA.
Convergence Bill vague on IPR issues.
WTO meet favours differential pricing.
HP to locate 3 R&D labs in India.
WIPO data on patents filed in 1997.
"Swiss-Type" claims  in Indian Patents Act ?
Parliamentary Committee on need of patenting.
Panel on Global Trade Reconstituted.
Thai King Gets Two Patents.
China far ahead than India in IT.
Indian Textile Companies very slow in patenting.
 
APRIL NEWS
More sops on anvil for domestic drug R&D.
BHEL files 16 Patents.
MIDHANI to supply Titanium Alloys to AIRBUS.
Legal Portal for BioTech.
ECIL to supply special equipments to Swiss Research Centre.
Glaxo wins case against UP company.
WIPO okays initiatives on "novelty claims".
Sanyo LST Technology India at Bangalore
Allergan to make India its manufacturing hub
Abbott Laboratories Inc is planning to sell its two AIDS drugs and HIV diagnostic kit 
Releasing the new Exim Policy , Mr Murasoli Maran
 
MARCH NEWS
Plan Outlay for Major S&T Departments
Monsanto-NBRI joint Programme for Siyabean and Corn
ICAR Exhorts its Scientists to Patent Seeds.
About Generic AIDS Drugs in South Africa
Alcatel takes stake in Agrani Satellites.
 
FEBRUARY NEWS
R&D CENTRE OF STEEL AUTHORITY OF INDIA LTD HAS TOPPED THELIST INFILING PATENTS DURING THE PERIOD 1995-1999
REPORT BY HINDU BUSINESS LINE
WORKING PAPER NO. W7741 OF NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
Glaxo would file for permission to exclusively market an AIDS drug in India soon
Steps are being taken by the Government of India to document voluntary disclosure of indegenous knowledge on agriculture and allied activities.
Device and process for producing effects by Jaidka Sandeep
The most Cited Patent in the USPTO
The estmated number of patents granted in a few advanced countries
PCT Patent Filing Statistics
 
JANUARY NEWS
NATIONALSEMINAR ON CHALLENGES OF THE NEW IPR REGIME AND NEED FOR NEW STRATEGIESFOR R&D AND MANAGEMENT
NEWSABOUT RE-ORGANISATION OF INDIAN PATENT OFFICE
IPRDISPUTE SETTLEMENT UNDER WTO - AN EXAMPLE