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Intellectual Property Rights: Vejay
Intellectual Property Rights: Vejay
- Vejay
What is IPR?
Globalized scenario of expanding multilateral trade and
commerce, it has become inevitable for any country to protect its
intellectual property by providing statutory rights to the
creators and inventors and thus help them fetch adequate
commercial value for their efforts in the world market.
How IPR works ?
Apple have patent rights for each and every product of it, even for
its icons in the OS, so if Samsung copy (hell knows Samsung
always copying it) apples design, Apple can try it in court and can
get huge amount as compensation. (It actually happened, just
google it, it will be interesting to read)
Why we need IPR?
Neem the natural product that we are using from ancient times.
Suddenly an MNC Pharma company proclaimed that we are the
first to use Neem for medicinal purposes. That means here after if
our small Ayurveda pharma companies uses Neem for any
medicinal purposes or any mosquito repellants they have to pay
for using it and get royalty for the Neem which is growing in their
lands from the MNC Company.
So, MNC is wrong? No.
Then Our Ayurveda Pharma? No.
Then who?.
Is it wrong?.
No! How? Continue reading.
Result:
India -> hub for generic drugs, even US importing our drugs
because of their costlier drugs. Worlds Top 6 drug manufactures
in Top 10 is from India.
Happy? , anyone can copy anything? , then how a creator will be
encouraged if his product is copied and used without paying
royalty to him?.
How the MNCs will be encouraged to invest hugely on
discovering new medicines or new innovations if everyone copy
their products easily?
Now lets see some Issues between India and US in IPR regime.
Since, these facts are available in mrunal, I limited the facts (have a
look at mrunal.org/IPR to know about the issues, he explained
lucidly)
NEXVAR
During Modis visit Obama had shown his concern about our laws
and asked to facilitate MNCs.
A panel set up by "Ministry of Commerce and Industry" -> 6
member panel -> headed by retired justice "Prabha Sridevan" ->
will draft IPR policy
The draft is yet to come.
Favored arguments:
MNCs are birth place of innovation, they are the ones who spend
crores of money in R&D and developing lifesaving drugs. If we
make legislations like this then they wont show any interest
towards R&D.
Anti-Arguments:
India is abiding TRIPS and it is not going against TRIPS and
international laws. We cant go by whatever law US enacts.
We should not dilute our patent laws, because not only our people
but also the people of least developed countries depends on our
generic medicines.
So, lets talk in a forum, so Trade Policy Forum talks going on
between Indian and US delegates.
Needed high quality basic and higher education for our people,
this is the only way to develop an intellectual society that
develops scientific temper according to our DPSP. Indian students
are not competitive enough in science and humanity field,
government should encourage students take up science and
humanity in their higher education.
Inspired from:
https://www.techdirt.com
http://mrunal.org/
Yojana and The Hindu.
Later Added:
PATENT:
Definition and significance :
DESIGN :
Definition and significance :
TRADE MARK:
Definition and significance :
GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS:
Definition and significance :
COPYRIGHT :
Definition and significance :
Protection granted for plant varieties, the rights of farmers and plant
breeders and to encourage the development of new varieties of plants.
Ministry administering the IPR :
Ministry of Agriculture
Concerned IP Act :