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Journey Through “Decembers” on SpicyIP (2005 – Present)

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But if your interest is in the specific case studies, Arogyapacha is worth reading, as it exemplifies bringing valuable TK to the market and sharing revenues with an indigenous community. Check Sadhvi Sood’s post discussing Nestle’s patent application for Fennel Flower (Kala Jeera) vis-a-vis TK. Enough Policy stuff now!

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Parliamentary Standing Committee Report on IPR: Tipping the Scales of Patent Law? Part I

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The Report focuses on reviewing the working of the Patents Act since its 2005 amendment that brought the Indian legislation in compliance with the TRIPS Agreement. A significant portion of the Report is dedicated to suggesting changes to the Patents Act, albeit without much justification on why these changes are needed.

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How about personalized medicine? Is the IP and Regulatory legal framework ready for this?

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While personalized medicine seems to be an essential of modern healthcare, it is also rather unclear how innovations that are developed for its purposes align with patentability requirements and, in general, the way the patent system operates. He teaches European, U.S

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Informal innovation: The re-emergence of ‘informal’ washing machines

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India’s National Innovation Foundation and Honeybee Network recognized her innovation which was later featured in several prominent media outlets – Outlook magazine in 2005 followed by a Discovery Channel feature and an NDTV story. Patents or external awards/recognition do not always result in marketable products.

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Book Review: Intellectual Property Law in China, 2nd Edition

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The first edition of Intellectual Property Law in China (IPLCN) was the first of a bunch of goodies this Kat enthusiastically gathered from the incomparable IP library of the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition (MPI). The editor of the 2005 IPLCN was Dr Christopher Heath, then Head of the Department for Japan and East Asia.

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Compulsory licensing for expensive medicines: KCE report

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Though the report examines the EU / Belgian patent law landscape, it contains informative insights into the use of compulsory licenses and competition regulation in the context of excessively priced medicines. In contrast, a compulsory license forces patentees to grant licenses to third parties with adequate remuneration.

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Moot Court: Aka Spinning Class at the Law School

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We do a moot court competition every year in my basic patent law course at the University of Missouri. Mad Dogg was the originator of the indoor Spinning market back in the early 1990s (it owns the registered TM on SPINNING and SPINNER). by Dennis Crouch. The students just submitted opening briefs.

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