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Articles 421 through 520 of 500:
- Credit Where Credit Is Due (The Economic Times, V RAGHUNATHAN, Mar 31, 2007)
It is interesting to contrast how India and the western world view intellectual property rights. In India, we really do not think that lifting somebody’s words or thoughts amounts to stealing really.
- Public Office, Private Gain (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Mar 31, 2007)
“Public service” is now a less-than-clean word, associated in the middle-class mind with corruption and nepotism.
- Pakistan Test-Fires Nuclear-Capable Missile (Yahoo! News, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 31, 2007)
Pakistan on Saturday successfully test-fired its short-range nuclear-capable surface-to-surface ballistic missile, the military announced.
- U.N. Panel Oks Measure On Islam (Yahoo! News, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 31, 2007)
Islamic countries pushed through a resolution at the U.N. Human Rights Council on Friday urging a global prohibition on the public defamation of religion — a response largely to the furor last year over caricatures published in a Danish newspaper of . . .
- The Right To Protest (Indian Express, Ashok B Sharma, Mar 30, 2007)
The European Patent Office (EPO) has opened a Pandora’s box by deciding to grant patent rights to seeds developed through conventional breeding processes. They have begun to grant both product and process patents for these, and as an interim ruling . . .
- Playing With People’S Lives (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Mar 30, 2007)
Doctors have the Hippocratic oath that enjoins them to save lives as their primary duty. Presumably, drug manufacturers have no such oath or ethical restraint on their commercial tactics.
- Can You ‘Steal’ A Song? (Hindustan Times, Karan Thapar, Mar 29, 2007)
That may sound like an eccentric Sunday morning question, but it’s one I cannot resist. I ask it in the context of the growing popularity of Hindi film music.
- Bounty Of The Mutiny (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Mar 29, 2007)
History and controversy seem to go hand in hand in India, especially if some event from the past is sought to be celebrated.
- Weird Turns In A Wireless Deal (Business Line, D. Murali , Mar 29, 2007)
Last week, the FIPB (Foreign Investment Promotion Board) deferred a decision on Vodafone's proposal to acquire Hutch-Essar.
- `Process Of Grant Or Rejection Of Patent Is A Quasi-Judicial Function' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 28, 2007)
"Novartis' patent application does not claim any efficacy for its compound"
"Indian courts must be concerned with laws passed by Parliament"
Patents Act operative even if it is not TRIPS-compliant
- Atom-By-Atom, From Amoeba To Elephant (Business Line, D. Murali , Mar 28, 2007)
Every molecular assembly in nature is nano technology. Therefore, an understanding of nano will help us to do things better, with improved efficiency — in much more eco-friendly, sustainable manner.
- Perversion Of Discourse (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Mar 27, 2007)
In his presidential address delivered at the 1940 Lahore session of the Muslim League, Mohammed Ali Jinnah declared, "It is a dream that the Hindus and Muslims can ever evolve a common nationality...
- Nuke Talks Amid Negotiator Drama (Telegraph, K.P. NAYAR , Mar 27, 2007)
At the end of two days of negotiations with the Americans in New Delhi on the nuclear deal, the Indian delegation was bogged down in “housekeeping” issues, making it unlikely that the so-called 123 agreement to take the deal forward would be . . .
- Pharma Sector — The Non-Linear Innovation (Business Line, Priya Mohan, Mar 27, 2007)
In the pharma industry, the true battle to be won is that of innovation, also its biggest challenge. This is not the one that moves linearly from one step to another but, non-linearly, from everywhere and anywhere.
- Germans Shifting Choice To India From China (The Financial Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 24, 2007)
Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) protection and sound legal framework puts India at an advantage against China over German company looking for investments in the region.
- Why Akshardham Not Included, Asks Modi (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 24, 2007)
The Gujarat Assembly witnessed uproarious scenes here on Friday and the House had to be adjourned twice as ruling BJP members castigated the relief package announced by the UPA Government for the victims of the 2002 riots in the State.
- Nature’S Inventions (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Mar 23, 2007)
We humans have given far less credit to nature for her inventions than she deserves.
- City Lad's Mobile Magic To Curb Auto-Theft (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 22, 2007)
In what may prove to be end of the road for the ever-growing tribe of auto-lifters, a 22-year-old city lad has invented a remote device that renders a stolen vehicle absolutely motionless for the fleeing auto-lifter.
- Who Sez It's The Right Way (Pioneer, BULBUL ROY MISHRA, Mar 22, 2007)
Nandigram violence has raised a few valid questions regarding the viability of Special Economic Zones in the country, says Bulbul Roy Mishra.
- Seed Of Life (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Mar 21, 2007)
In what could be a happy marriage of tradition and modernity — or mythology and technology — scientists are drawing inspiration from the Ramayana, to find a way to make crops drought-resistant.
- India Needs Special Courts To Deal With Piracy (Singapore Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 21, 2007)
Although the growth story for the software market in India continues to show promise, the market is loosing millions of rupees as softwares like Adobe, McAfee, Microsoft and Symantec continue to be sold for mere pennies on the roadsides.
- Ranbaxy In Lipitor Patent Suit With Pfizer In 17 Countries (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 20, 2007)
India’s largest drug-maker Ranbaxy has locked horns with the US-based world’s largest drug-maker Pfizer in 17 countries over infringement of patent of the latter’s blockbuster cholesterol lowering drug Lipitor.
- Time For International Action On Patents (Hindu, David Dickson, Mar 16, 2007)
Pressure is growing for a major shift in international intellectual property rules that addresses the interests of the poor.
- The Population Boom (Dawn, GWYNNE DYER, Mar 16, 2007)
YOU look at the numbers and you think: “That’s impossible.” Uganda had about seven million people at independence in 1962, and in only 45 years it has grown to 30 million.
- Creative Accounting Can Thrive On Gaps In M&a Standards (Business Line, D. Murali , Mar 15, 2007)
In India, at present, there is no accounting standard corresponding to IFRS-3 dealing with acquisition of an entity as a subsidiary on day zero, leaving some significant issues un-addressed. MR PAUL ALVERAS, A SENIOR PROFESSIONAL IN A MEMBER FIRM OF . .
- Branded Yoga And Charismatic Yogis (The Economic Times, VITHAL C NADKARNI, Mar 15, 2007)
Yoga has hooked Madonna. Sting and his wife Trudi swear by it, as do Shirley MacLaine, Bianca Jagger, Nick Gage and Jennifer Lopez who are among more than 15 million yoga aficionados in the US alone.
- Praful Bidwai: Cleaning Up (Frontline, Praful Bidwai, Mar 15, 2007)
A JPC to look into the patents law and a strong initiative to promote innovation in pharmaceuticals through the non-patent route are needed.
- There Is No Need To Be `Trip'ped By Patents (Business Line, D. Murali , Mar 14, 2007)
While it is important to adhere to the TRIPS Agreement, there is no need for the economy to do a `kamikaze' over it.
- China To Overhaul Legal System (Hindu, PALLAVI AIYAR, Mar 14, 2007)
Citizens to be entitled to rights defendable in a court of law
- Communal Challenge (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Mar 14, 2007)
For the Left, one of the reasons for the recent electoral successes of the BJP is its aggressive (‘prakhar’) Hindutva plank, which it expects will also be used in the coming state elections.
- Ranbaxy Bids For Merck Unit (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 14, 2007)
In what is probably the most ambitious overseas push by an Indian pharmaceuticals company, Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd.
- Branded Yoga And Charismatic Yogis (The Economic Times, VITHAL C NADKARNI, Mar 14, 2007)
Yoga has hooked Madonna. Sting and his wife Trudi swear by it, as do Shirley MacLaine, Bianca Jagger, Nick Gage and Jennifer Lopez who are among more than 15 million yoga aficionados in the US alone. But some purists are alarmed about “the soul of . . .
- `No Need To Patent Small Changes' (Frontline, Sarah Hiddleston, Mar 14, 2007)
WHEN the Patents (Amendment) Bill was under debate in March 2005, concerns were raised in Parliament about what type of pharmaceutical products should be eligible for patent in India and the country's obligations under the World . . .
- Against Monopoly (Frontline, Sarah Hiddleston, Mar 14, 2007)
YUSUF K. Hamied is the chairman of Cipla, one of India's largest pharmaceutical companies and the country's fifth largest private spender in research and development.
- Batting For Mncs (Frontline, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 14, 2007)
Plagiarism was not the most important charge against the Mashelkar report; it was its bias towards MNCs that was most shocking.
- Ranbaxy Faces Legal Action From Pfizer (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 14, 2007)
Ranbaxy faces a legal suit from Pfizer for its plans to launch a generic version of the cholesterol and blood pressure drug, Caduet.
- Read Between The Lines (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Mar 14, 2007)
The last time I visited Mumbai, it didn’t exist. At least not by that name. And my last Indian visit dealt with Russian trade and investment.
- Absurd Proposal (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Mar 13, 2007)
If reports are to be believed, a move is afoot to hike the annual allotment for each Member of Parliament under the MP's Local Area Development (MPLAD) scheme.
- The Tao Of Negotiating The China Bend (Business Line, D. Murali , Mar 13, 2007)
Doing business in the world's most dynamic market, China, is mostly about relationship building. China Now has elaborate inputs on how to parley with Chinese businesspeople.
- Tiger In The Book (Deccan Herald, JAYALAKSHMI K, Mar 13, 2007)
Myths are broken and new ones are made as the reader progresses through this book.
- Ancient Hindu Therapy, A Business Opportunity For India (Daily Times, Rina Chandran, Mar 13, 2007)
Therapists in cotton sarees pray to Dhanavantari before each ayurveda session, from a basic head massage to an intense detox scrub and wrap
- Esop Fable — The Tree-Fruit Debate (Business Line, S. Murlidharan , Mar 10, 2007)
Capital which produces income is like a tree and income is a like a fruit and, hence, the tree ought not to be taxed.
- Developing Drugs For The Poor (Hindu, Editorial, The Hindu, Mar 09, 2007)
At a time when many pharmaceutical companies are in the news for pulling out all the stops for extending the exclusivity of their patented drugs and focussing on developing drugs for diseases prevalent in developed countries . . .
- "Don't Destabilise Or Create Uncertainty On The Ipr Regime" (Hindu, Sarah Hiddleston, Mar 08, 2007)
Dilip G. Shah, Secretary-General of the Indian Pharmaceutical Alliance who has had 40 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry, answers questions on what type of pharmaceutical products should be eligible for patents in India; innovation . ..
- Lost Bidder For Railway Toilets Raises A Stink (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2007)
A non-resident Indian scientist based in Sydney, Australia, has questioned the Indian Railways’ decision to reject his company’s bid for a trial order for bio-toilets and award it to a Faridabad company.
- "Don't Destabilise Or Create Uncertainty On The Ipr Regime" (Hindu, Sarah Hiddleston, Mar 08, 2007)
Dilip G. Shah, Secretary-General of the Indian Pharmaceutical Alliance who has had 40 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry, answers questions on what type of pharmaceutical products should be eligible for patents in India; innovation . . .
- Loose Screws (Dawn, GWYNNE DYER, Mar 08, 2007)
The 9/11 conspiracy theory is back, in a much more virulent form, and normally sane people are being taken in by it: I am getting half a dozen earnest e-mails every day telling me I must see a film called "Loose Change.
- O That Big, Fat Indian Wedding (Indian Express, FARAH BARIA, Mar 08, 2007)
There's one teensy-weensy detail about the Hurley-Nayar wedding
I’m dying to know: are the bathroom fittings at the Jodhpur Palace original art deco?
- Yoko Ono (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Mar 08, 2007)
The world premiere of Three Days in the Life, a documentary about John Lennon, was canceled after lawyers for the slain Beatle’s widow, Yoko Ono, warned that she had not authorised any public viewing of the film.
- ‘A Global South Is In The Offing’ (The Economic Times, Amiti Sen, Mar 08, 2007)
The United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (Unido) recently launched its centre for South-South (developing countries) industrial cooperation (UCSSIC) in New Delhi.
- Efficiency Is Associated With Competition (Business Line, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 08, 2007)
The Government seems to be in no hurry to make operational the Competition Act, 2002, but a new book on the subject is optimistic the powers that be will get their Act together `within a short period'.
- Activists Protest At Novartis's Patent Law Challenge (Times Online (UK), Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 07, 2007)
Novartis, the Swiss pharmaceuticals group, yesterday faced angry protests over its decision to press on with a legal challenge to Indian patent law that health activists claim threatens to create a “medical apartheid” by restricting poor . . .
- Hear And Now (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Mar 06, 2007)
This newspaper was among the minority of post-budget contrarians who argued that it is by looking at the UPA’s overall record, and not at what happens one day in February, that one gets a substantive picture.
- Celebrating A Non-Event (Indian Express, Sucheta Dalal, Mar 06, 2007)
Funny isn’t it, two days of nearly hysterical, over-the-top coverage and suddenly the Budget is widely dubbed a ‘non-event’.
- Novartis: Court Poses Queries On Core Grounds Of Challenge (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Mar 06, 2007)
Impugned provision of the Act TRIPS-violative, says counsel
Can Legislature specify derivative for patent application?: Judge
"30 p.c. enhancement in efficacy cannot be laid down as criterion for all patent-seeking products"
- Dancing On The Tightrope (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Mar 05, 2007)
India is attempting a transformation few nations in modern history have successfully managed: liberalising the economy within an established democratic order.
- Dancing On The Tightrope (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Mar 04, 2007)
Although the democratic constraint on India’s economic reforms is now beginning to emerge, it need not be a reason for alarm. India’s democracy is a short-term constraint but a long-term asset for pro-market reformers
- Dancing On The Tightrope (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Mar 03, 2007)
India is attempting a transformation few nations in modern history have successfully managed: liberalising the economy within an established democratic order.
- Patent Incremental Innovations? (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Mar 02, 2007)
Novartis AG’s challenge to Sec 3 (d) of the Patents Act, 1970, and the report of the Technical Expert Group (TEG) has sparked off a new debate on the patenting of trivial changes that some describe as incremental innovation.
- Playing Catch Up (Times of India, Rajesh Kalra, Mar 02, 2007)
We don't tire of complimenting ourselves these days about India's growth story in telecom. “The fastest-growing telecom market in the world”, is a headline that refuses to stir anyone more. It's a given.
- Bjp’S ‘Dr Singh’? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Mar 02, 2007)
Little noticed in the din of post-budget politics and punditry was the BJP’s president Rajnath Singh criticising P. Chidambaram for giving up on reforms.
- Patent Incremental Innovations? (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Mar 01, 2007)
Novartis AG’s challenge to Sec 3 (d) of the Patents Act, 1970, and the report of the Technical Expert Group (TEG) has sparked off a new debate on the patenting of trivial changes that some describe as incremental innovation.
- Patent Incremental Innovations? (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Feb 28, 2007)
Novartis AG’s challenge to Sec 3 (d) of the Patents Act, 1970, and the report of the Technical Expert Group (TEG) has sparked off a new debate on the patenting of trivial changes that some describe as incremental innovation.
- ‘There Is An Urgent Need To Address Science Education’ (Deccan Herald, JAYALAKSHMI K, Feb 28, 2007)
With Science Day being celebrated on Feb 28, scientists lament that basic science research is taking a backseat.
- In Step With Europe (Frontline, R. Ramachandran, Feb 28, 2007)
The India-European Union Ministerial Science Conference has laid a solid road for more traffic in science and technology in both directions.
- Corporate Governance (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Feb 27, 2007)
Corporate governance, as against public governance by the state, has come under greater scrutiny by the public and they demand more honesty and decorum from the corporate bigwigs.
- Indian Leadership’S Mindset (Pakistan Observer, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 27, 2007)
There are good news and bad news. The good news is that India and Pakistan have signed a treaty to reduce the risk of a nuclear arms accident.
- Evergreening Is A Global Phenomenon (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Feb 26, 2007)
The challenge of section 3(d) of the newly amended Indian Patent Act before the Chennai High Court by Swiss pharma major Novartis has put the spotlight on evergreening in India.
- Why Be A Pill Pauper? (Indian Express, SAUBHIK CHAKRABARTI, Feb 25, 2007)
Human history is rich in impassioned but strange advocacies in the name of the poor. Here’s one example. An anti-cancer drug patented and marketed by an MNC costs around $ 2600 per patient per month.
- Why Be A Pill Pauper? (Indian Express, SAUBHIK CHAKRABARTI, Feb 24, 2007)
Human history is rich in impassioned but strange advocacies in the name of the poor. Here’s one example.
- France Awaits A Presidential Election (Hindu, VAIJU NARAVANE, Feb 24, 2007)
Nicolas Sarkozy and Segolene Royal are the frontrunners but a third candidate could yet emerge. For now, with eight opinion polls published each week, the country's political pundits are thoroughly confused.
- Microsoft Fined $1bn For Mp3 Breach (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 24, 2007)
A US federal jury found that Microsoft Corp. infringed audio patents held by Alcatel-Lucent and should pay $1.52 billion in damages, the number one software maker said yesterday.
- Allow Incremental Patents (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Feb 24, 2007)
Plagiarism is more a sin than a crime. The Mashelkar Committee on the Patent Act admits that “eight to ten lines” of its 56-page report are verbatim reproductions from a paper by an independent charitable British organisation that does research . . .
- Patently Disgraceful (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Feb 24, 2007)
The irony of a report on patents, which is about intellectual property rights (IPR), being withdrawn because of plagiarism, which is a clear IPR violation, should set us thinking.
- Allow Incremental Patents (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Feb 23, 2007)
Plagiarism is more a sin than a crime. The Mashelkar Committee on the Patent Act admits that “eight to ten lines” of its 56-page report are verbatim reproductions from a paper by an independent charitable British organisation that does research . . .
- Horse-Trading Mantra (Indian Express, SOLI J. SORABJEE, Feb 23, 2007)
Horse-Trading, unethical means, defections are the favourite mantras of governors for recommending President’s rule in a state.
- Pharmacy Or Lab? (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Feb 23, 2007)
Below the radar of popular discourse but followed closely by the pharmaceutical industry and health activists is a court case in Chennai that explains why it was fortunate that following revelations of a part cut-and-paste job, the Mashelkar report . . .
- Locking Horns Over Diabetic Sweets (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Feb 22, 2007)
The Madras High Court has passed an interim order restraining Adyar Ananda Bhavan, a chain of sweetshops, from selling sweets made with fructose/levulose because it infringed on a patent held by Diabetics Dezire, which makes sweets targeting the . . .
- Misuse Of Art 356 (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Feb 22, 2007)
With the Central Election Commission announcing the schedule for Assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh, hopefully the orchestrated clamour for dismissing Mr Mulayam Singh Yadav's Government and imposing President's rule in the State will die its deserved death.
- Tax Efficiencies And Treaties Help M&a (Business Line, D. Murali , Feb 22, 2007)
Consolidation in the pharma space is clearly here to stay and India's M&A juggernaut is not likely to slow down soon. MR HITESH GAJARIA, PARTNER, BSR & CO, CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS.
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