The topic of Compulsory licensing (CL) is right in the centre of a huge controversy of intellectual property and the fundamental right to health. As nations attempt to increase pharma innovations, and at the same time to make life saving…
Introduction: Redefining Cultural Access in the Age of Platformization In the present day, platform-driven entertainment systems, the delivery of cultural products, whether it is music, cinema, or digital media, is not interceded by state organisations but instead, by privately owned…
The patent law domain features compulsory licenses at their core to bridge invention promotion with essential public access to vital products through technology. Under certain public welfare situations the exclusive rights granted through patents become subject to being overridden. The…
Patented, which means giving an exclusive right to the patentee to protect their invention from a third person, who cannot use the invention or sell it without permission from the rightful patentee, with a few exceptions. Getting patients right does…
The legal dispute between Bayer Corporation and the Union of India, along with other parties, centered on India’s first compulsory license for the anticancer drug Sorafenib (marketed as Nexavar). The Intellectual Property Appellate Board (IPAB) thus upheld the license and…
Introduction Compulsory licence is a licence issued by the government to an applicant for making, using, selling a patented product or making use of a patented process without consent of the patentee. Provisions related to compulsory licensing are outlined in…
PROBLEM STATEMENT The burgeoning Indian AI sector faces a critical test in reconciling the unparalleled technological advancements promised by large language models with the fundamental rights of copyright holders. AI systems may use copyrighted data to train their algorithms and…
INTRODUCTION Intellectual property laws are becoming more prevailing day- by- day, most often used from of intellectual property are patents. The major challenged faced by patent law is to create a balance between access and innovation. Pharmaceutical patents are a…
Introduction Copyright is an Intellectual Property Rights law that insures the protection to the creator on literary, dramatic, producer or reproducer or artistic work also to the producer of the filmography of the work and sound recordings. It also gives…
Essential medicines are those that satisfy the health care needs of the majority of the population; they should therefore be available at all times in adequate amounts and in the appropriate dosage forms and at a price that individuals and…