The Impact of IPR on Biodiversity

Introduction to Biodiversity Biodiversity in simple terms is referred to as the living variety of plant and animal life in a particular habitat. It is all the different kinds of living plants and animals present in an area. The variety of animals, fungi, plants, or even small microorganisms like bacteria completes our natural world. Each […]

Biotechnological Patenting And Traditional Knowledge

Any biotechnological innovation is the creation of a person’s intellect. A patent is an exclusive right to abstain a third party from creating or taking benefits of one’s invention and includes the right to license others to make, use, or sell it. The paramount objective according to labour theory as propounded by John Locke is […]

Tidbit: Indian Patent Office issues Guidelines on examination of Biotechnology Applications

The Indian Patent Office (IPO) has recently issued another set of guidelines, this time on examination of biotechnology applications. Our earlier write-up on a set of guidelines issued by IPO, for examination of applications relating to traditional knowledge, can be seen from here. The guidelines explain in detail, with illustrative examples, on various facets of […]