[LIS-Forum] Patents

[Ratnakar Aspari]

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A. RatnakarNew Delhi9891390300

'Frontline' magazine dated  April 21 - May 4,  2012 has published following interesting articles about Patents covering different issues concerning India.
1 Patent to Plunder  India's efforts to produce and supply life-saving drugs at affordable prices face challenges from      multinational companies trying to "evergreen" their patents. p - 4  Amit Sengupta    2 A big step forward   That this is the first time a compulsory licence has been granted in India is in itself important  p-10   C.P. Chandrasekhar
3 Patents and the law   The implementation of Patients Act, as last amended in 2005,  raises significant issues of       immediate concern in patents across the world. p - 13   V. Venkatesan. 
4 A welcome first   Industry reacts with caution to the grant of a compulsory licence to Natco,  but cancer      patients welcome it and hope for many more.  p - 16   T.K. Rajalakshmi 
5 Western warning    India is coming under increasing pressure from thr U.S. and the European Union for the strict      patentability criteria it applies for medicines. p - 18   R. Ramachandran
6 Question of efficacy   The country is clearly shaping its legislation to promote access to medicines by fostering generic     production. p - 22   Leena Mehghaney 
7 The current patent system is deeply flawed. p - 26   Interview with Shamnad Basheer, Intellectual Propery Law Professor   National University of Judicial Sciences (NUJS), Kolkata.
For more details click on http://www.frontline.in/fl2908/fl290800.htm
 		 	   		  
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