GS Paper 2: Syllabus: Effects of Policies of developed nations and IP related issues. TRIPS waiver: Context: A group of non-governmental organisations has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging him to “proactively engage” with a draught proposal at the World Trade Organization-TRIPS in Geneva to waive intellectual property rights governing COVID vaccines, drugs, …
GS Paper 3: Topics Covered: IP related issues. Context: India runs the risk of being excluded from a proposal it co-authored at WTO negotiations, in 2020, to “temporarily waive” IPR held, by primarily Western countries, on vaccines, therapeutics and diagnostics for covid-19. What are the shortcomings that impacted India’s global campaign? During the …
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GS Paper 3: Topics Covered: IP Related issues. India’s patent waiver plan at WTO and issues associated: Context: A proposal was taken up at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) negotiations, in 2020, to “temporarily waive” intellectual property rights (IPR) held, by primarily Western countries, on vaccines, therapeutics and diagnostics for covid-19. This proposal was …
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Topics Covered: IP related issues. What is Compulsory Licensing? A compulsory licence is a licence or authorisation issued by the government to an applicant for making, using and selling a patented product or employing a patented process without the consent of the patentee. Chapter XVI of the Indian Patents Act 1970 and the Agreement on Trade-Related …
