PUBLICATIONS - 2002
 
DECEMBER  PUBLICATIONS

Can Golden rice keep vitamin A deficiency at bay?

The Story of Phenolic Resins and Their Patents

How technology got a boost from the Japanese Patent Office

ON “APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY”

Plant with caution

Why Open Source Software / Free Software (OSS/FS)? Look at the Numbers!

XII Swadeshi Science Congress

Sir C V Raman Memorial Lecture

Bt Cotton: Farmers' Reactions

Future Issues on IPRs in the WTO by JAYASHREE WATAL (PDF File format)

IPR in Agriculture and Agricultural Biotechnology by N.M. Nayar (PDF File format)

 
NOVEMBER  PUBLICATIONS
The 'Golden Rice' Tale
PATENT SYSTEM

THE GLOBAL ECONOMY - A CHALLENGE TO SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN INDIA.

LEGAL PROVISIONS FOR PROTECTION OF STRATEGIC TECHNOLOGIES
PROTECTION OF TRADE SECRETS / UNDISCLOSED INFORMATION
The "NIMULID TRANSGEL" Success Story from Panacea Biotec Ltd, New Delhi.

LEGAL PROTECTION OF COMPUTER SOFTWARE ** (Powerpoint)

PROTECTION OF PLANT VARIETIES AND FARMERS RIGHTS ** (Powerpoint)

Enclosing the Global Plant Genetic Common (PDF File format)

OCTOBER   PUBLICATIONS
ORGANIZING INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH IN THE MNC'S WAY AND CHALLENGES FOR INDIA FROM THE NEW IPR REGIME - PART 4,  THE GREEN REVOLUTION.
A Quagmire Of European Patent Laws Creates Challenges For Generic Pharmaceutical Companies
Copyright issues in Internet and the Indian Law
Kumaramangalam’s outline of SAIL concept
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY FOR A LIBERALISED AND COMPETITIVE ECONOMY
Patenting Life Forms

Bayer’s Interdisciplinary Research Philosophy

ORIGIN OF INDIA’S NATIONAL SCIENCE POLICY : M.L. SIRCAR TO M.K. GANDHI, 1875-1935*

The Life and Work of Norman Borlaug, Nobel Laureate

Vitamin A Deficiency and Golden Rice: The Role of the Rockefeller Foundation

Operation successful but patient dead?
Integrating Intellectual Property Rights and Development Policy
SEPTEMBER   PUBLICATIONS
STEEPED IN HISTORY

The origins of chemistry at the University of Cambridge can be traced back to its previous association with alchemy and pharmacy.

GLOBAL TOP 50

U.S. companies come out on top in tough year marked by widespread drops in sales and profits

Intellectual Property Policy Online: a Young Person’s Guide

One Day Work Shop on INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS - ISSUES UNDER THE NEW REGIME

Managing technological change, Don't isolate S&T policy
ORGANIZING INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH IN THE MNC'S WAY AND CHALLENGES FOR INDIA FROM THE NEW IPR REGIME - PART 3, THE DAE EXAMPLE AND THE SUBSEQUENT ISRO-ICAR SUCCESSES.

Putting the Squeeze on State Immunity

DNA patents need tighter restrictions

MS leads lobby against open source

TRIPS Agreement and Amendment of Patents Act in India

Structuring and managing R&D work processes – Why bother?

VISION 2000,TECHNOLOGY AND TAPELIS.

AUGUST   PUBLICATIONS
ORGANIZING INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH IN THE MNC'S WAY AND CHALLENGES FOR INDIA FROM THE NEW IPR REGIME - PART 2
Agricultural Biotechnology Development, Policy and Impact in China
SCIENCE AND THE PROBLEMS OF DEVELOPMENT
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTYRIGHTS ( IPR)  : AN INTRODUCTION
JUST ANOTHER CHEMICAL
DNA may hold the book of life, but is not alive itself

Scientific Research, IPR’s and Societal Issues  and

The Case of “ Terminator Technology”.

Transgenic Bt cotton

Pollen-Mediated Movement of Herbicide Resistance Between Commercial Canola Fields

Policy Implications of India’s Patent Reforms: Patent Applications in the post-1995 Era

JULY  PUBLICATIONS
Why India needs transgenic crops - A letter from Norman Borlaug explains why
US Farm Bill and return of swadeshi `Yankee style'  
How the US subsidises its farmers
DNA DAMAGE AND REPAIR
Quantum leap for medicine

An Approach for Establishing a TKDL

Patents (Second Amendment Bill), 2002

Pathfinders and their Patented Inventions - Series 7. Rangaswamy Srinivasan , the First Indian in US National Hall of Fame.

US PATENT NO 5401504 BASED ON TURMERIC , ITS REVOCATION & THE LESSONS  TO BE LEARNT THEREFROM

Interview with C. P. Thakur, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Government of India

Priorities in science and technology for development: Need for major restructuring

JUNE  PUBLICATIONS
New Life for Dupont
NANOTECHNOLOGY: THE NEXT BIG THING
GREEN CHEMISTRY FOR PHARMA
ORGANIZING INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH IN THE MNC'S WAY AND CHALLENGES FOR INDIA FROM THE NEW IPR REGIME - PART 1

Building Borderless Minds and Borderless Thinking

TECHNOLOGY FORESIGHT IN QUALITY THROUGH NON DESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION

TECHNOLOGY AUDIT  OF INDUSTRIES, AN INSTRUMENT OF MODERNISATION

Dr K.K.G.Menon - the Doyen Biochemist -Industrial R&D Veteran

"Doha's Impact on TRIPS: Balancing Geographical Indications (GIs) Protection" organized by the International Trademark Association (INTA)

INDIA UNDER THE NEW PATENTS REGIME - NEWS AND VIEWS.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS - Dr. A. D. Damodaran

MAY PUBLICATIONS
Farmers ready, but where are Bt cotton seeds?
Dealing with GM plants
C&EN GOVERNMENT & POLICY - WHAT'S HIDING IN TRANSGENIC FOODS?
The Drug Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act of 1984 (Hatch-Waxman)
Generic gadfly - Barry Sherman and his generic-drug company, Apotex, have put Big 
Pharma in a tizzy
Impact of World Trade Organisation Agreement on Indian Manufacturing Industries
Highlights of ICAR Report on Bt cotton Trials.
The Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Rights Act: From legislation to implementation
Interview with C. N. R. Rao
Shanti Swarup  Bhatnagar - A Visionary Extraordinary
Agricultural Biotechnology and New Trends in IPR Regime Challenges before Developing Countries

 

APRIL PUBLICATIONS
A budgetary boost
PUBLIC FUNDED R & D AND PATENT RIGHTS RELATED ISSUES
The art of the quantum leap
Intellectual-Property Ecology
International Licensing of Intellectual Property: The Promise and the Peril
The Rise of Intellectual Property Protection in The American University
THE BAYH-DOLE ACT A GUIDE TO THE LAW AND IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS
GLOBALIZATION OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS AND THE INTERNET:  HUMAN RIGHTS RESPONSE
PATENTS ON METAL MATRIX COMPOSITES
Pathfinders and their Patented Inventions - Series 6
SERVICES AS A MAJOR 'PRODUCTION' ACTIVITY AND IPR IMPLICATIONS
Recent Developments in Judicial Protection for IntellectualProperty in China
MARCH  PUBLICATIONS
India’s Policy on IPRs and Agriculture: Relevance of FAO’s new International Treaty
THE NEW INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY REGIME  AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR AYURVEDA.
Letter written to TRIPS Council Members by Prominent International Non-Governmental Organizations on Export of Medical Technologies
FIGHTING THE CLOCK - Pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies  seek ways to reduce the time required to discover and develop medicines
Microsoft patent dispute heats up 
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY - Policy and perspective 
A critique of the Science and Technology Policy-2001
The Genome Is Mapped. Now He Wants Profit
Impact on drug prices
Science and Technology Policy –2001
The Patents (Amendment) Act, 2001: An Exemplary Act of Balancing of Interests - V. Govindarajulu
FEBRUARY  PUBLICATIONS
Patents ( Second Amendment) 1999 Bill - Major Modifications of the Joint Select  Committee.
TRANSGENIC PLANTS AND WORLD AGRICULTURE
Presentation for Shri. Sharad Joshi, Chairman, GOI Task Force on Agriculture in relation to GM Plant Varieties
After Bt cotton, it's GM mustard -- Proagro begins large-scale trials of hybrid variety 
Ayurvedic medicine exporters in a fix 
COMMENTS OF THE AMERICAN HERBAL PRODUCTS ASSOCIATION Related to DRAFT GUIDANCE FOR INDUSTRY ON BOTANICAL DRUG PRODUCTS
A brief review of Patent activities at Regional Research Laboratory (CSIR), Trivandrum on High Tc Superconducting Thick Films on Novel Ceramic Substrates
Peoples’ Commission on Patent Laws for India
JANUARY  PUBLICATIONS
MESSAGES FOR PATENTMATICS.COM - Dr. R. A. Mashelkar, DGCSIR, 
Prof. M.S.Swaminathan, UNESCO Cousteau Chair in Ecotechnology & Chairman
M S Swaminathan Research Foundation, Chennai, and 
Dr R Chidambaram, Chairman, TIFAC and Principal Scientific Advisor,Government of India
Another stage in India entering into the New IPR Regime - Dr. A. D. Damodaran
2nd Pharmaceutical use - the swiss type claim
TRIPS, Product Patents and Pharmaceuticals - Veena Mishra
The Scope of Reverse Engineering of Computer Software under the Copyright (Amendment) Act, 1999: A Critique - Gopakumar K M
Personal Deposition on Patents ( Second Amendment ) Bill 1999-Views sought on IPR Issues related to Ayurveda Other forms of Indian Medicine. - Dr. A. D. Damodaran
Personal Submission before the Committee on “The Patents ( Second Amendment ) Bill , 1999.- Dr. A. D. Damodaran
PATHFINDERS AND THEIR PATENTED TECHNOLOGIES - Series 5. Louis Pasteur .