Many critical issues related to Intellectual property regime has been raised after Covid pandemic along with demand for liberalisation of public health related goods and services. Discuss.

After COVID, different nations, non-state groups and citizens have sought affordable access to patented vaccines and medicines developed to treat COVID. These nations include South American Countries, India, South Africa, etc. Issues raised regarding Intellectual Property Rights (IPR): These drugs ..

Topics: GS-II: Social Sector Services Health • GS-III: Issues Relating to Intellectual Property Rights

There is a need for realizing projects under ‘open source’ license for the welfare of society at large. Critically examine the above statement in the context of intellectual property rights.

Intellectual Property Rights provide protection to innovation – in products, processes, etc to incentivize investments and outputs in innovation. India’s IPR policy provides overarching framework for same. Open source licence, refers to making innovation public, at no cost to all. ..

Topics: GS-II: Government Policies and Interventions for Development in Various Sectors • GS-III: Issues Relating to Intellectual Property Rights

Establish the links between intellectual property rights (IPR) and terrorism and organized crimes. How strengthening the IPR regime in India can help in prevention of organized crime? Discuss.

Organised crime refers to transnational, national or local groups who carry out illegal activities in order to make money or profit. Activities like drug trafficking, human trafficking, financial frauds are carried out by these groups. Terrorist groups require men, material ..

Topics: GS-III: Issues Relating to Intellectual Property Rights

To what extent, the IPR policy of India is able to strike a balance between protection of interests of humanity in large, boosting innovation and upholding the Intellectual Property Rights? Critically discuss.

India’s IPR policy with a tagline Creative India: Innovative India is a vision document that aims to create and exploit synergies between all forms of intellectual property (IP), concerned statutes and agencies. The objectives of the policy include To increase public ..

Topics: GS-III: Issues Relating to Intellectual Property Rights

In what circumstances and for what purpose, the Section 3(d) in the Indian Patent Law, 1970 was amended? Discuss its utility for Indian Patent Office while granting patents, particularly in pharmaceutical products.

The Indian Patent Law, 1970 was amended in 2005 brought significant changes which embraced product patent to several subjects of technology including food, micro-organisms, drugs, etc. It also made a noteworthy amendment in the form of section 3(d) which begun ..

Topics: GS-III: Issues Relating to Intellectual Property Rights

While the National IPR {Intellectual Property Rights} policy has tried to address a number of gaps in India's IPR system, it has number of flaws. Discuss.

The National IPR Policy addresses gap in current IPR system by creating synergy between all forms of intellectual property, concerned statutes and agencies. Its seeks to bring India’s IP regime on par with global standards and help improve its ranking ..

Topics: GS-III: Issues Relating to Intellectual Property Rights