An Essay on the Healthcare Industry and Patents: An Indian Approach
Introduction The World Trade Organization (WTO), via the TRIPS agreement, has set out various governing provisions for pharmaceutical patents. Under these provisions, the authorities provide patent holders protection on their patents for at least two decades. Patents provide the patentee an exclusive license to create, utilize, or trade the patented innovation and forbid others from […]
IP Regime With Respect To Access To Health Care In Public Health Emergencies
Lives have moved ahead a million squares in the time span of a few decades. Advancement of Science and Technology has revealed a new essence to the world. However, even though progress in all spheres has greatly improved the quality of human life, certain ancillary outcomes have been highly undesirable. In a rat race of […]
Access to Medical Resources During Covid-19 and the Intellectual Property Rights Regime
The second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in India has caused a catastrophic impact, leading to the deaths of thousands of people. The devastating consequences of the pandemic were aggravated due to the lack of medical facilities and health care resources. Despite India being one of the largest manufacturers of vaccines in the world, it […]
Serum Institute ‘Shields’ Its Covaccine in the Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court, on April 20, 2021, through the Division bench of J. Nitin Jamdar and J. C.V. Bhadang, presided over the matter of Cutis Biotech v. Serum Institute of India Pvt. Ltd.[1] The two pharmaceutical companies manufactured vaccines for COVID-19, titled ‘Covishield’, and therein, both had applied for registering this trademark, whose applications were pending. […]
The Pandemic and the Vaccine- Licensing Rights in Patent
The first case of novel coronavirus or COVID-19 is estimated to have first occurred at the seafood market of Wuhan, China in December 2019. Little did everyone know that the virus which was first mistaken as the common flu was soon going to change the way of living the entire world. It all started […]
Covid-19: Patent, Economy, Prophylaxis and Treatment
Everyone around the globe is suffering from the Covid-19 pandemic and several industries are trying to overcome the economic turmoil.There is a steep decline in product sales & product manufacturing segments, Covid-19 and worldwide lockdowns has severely affected R&D activities as well.However, few industries like the mask, infrared based thermometer, PPE Kits, online meeting tools, […]
Prior Permission of NBA for Accessing Biological Resource from India by Indian Public Ltd and Foreign Entities and Express Approval for COVID research
Prologue The Biological Diversity Act, 2002, a law governing utilization of biological resources and associated benefit sharing has been in existence for a long time, but its awareness is still not prevalent. The familiarity of this law has been mainly due to the need for obtaining a permission for applying of Intellectual Property Rights viz. […]
Prior Permission of NBA for Accessing Biological Resource from India by Indian Public Ltd and Foreign Entities and Express Approval for COVID research
Prologue The Biological Diversity Act, 2002, a law governing utilization of biological resources and associated benefit sharing has been in existence for a long time, but its awareness is still not prevalent. The familiarity of this law has been mainly due to the need for obtaining a permission for applying of Intellectual Property Rights viz. […]
Patent Pooling In The Wake Of Covid-19
Efforts around the world to fight the Covid-19 pandemic have led to an unprecedented amount of collaborative research work. Platforms like GISAID and preprint servers are thriving with research work and new information on the novel Coronavirus. The data and know-hows made available by these open access resources have taken the pursuit of better diagnosis […]