Balancing Innovation: India’s Views for Pharmaceuticals in the Efta Trade Deal

INTRODUCTION The World Trade Organization (WTO) since its establishment has ratified more than 300 regional and bilateral Free-Trade Agreements (FTA).[i] Recently, the trend of increasing prevalence of TRIPS-Plus provisions within these trade agreements introduces stricter intellectual property (IP) regimes. This empowers countries with superior negotiating powers a leverage,[ii] typically developed nations in the context of […]

Global Perspectives on Patent Linkage: Insights from the US, Europe, and India

Introduction: Concept of Patent Linkage Patent Linkage is the linking of the marketing approval of a drug to it’s patent status. Patent linkage pertains to the link between the market authorization of a generic medication and the patent status of its branded equivalent. According to this rule, a generic drug cannot receive marketing approval before […]

Emerging Trends in IP

Intellectual Property has seen numerous modifications. Different Intellectual Properties have come about to exist, which some would say is the impact of IP Maximalism and some would regard them as a matter of necessity of changing times, which reminds me of Victor Hugo, he spoke in a speech and I quote, “no power on earth can […]