Lost in transition
Disputes over intellectual property rights can delay the spread of clean technologies to the developing world, but they are not wholly to blame.
World Intellectual Property Organization ('WIPO)
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India jumps to second position on Global Innovation Efficiency Index
New Delhi India has jumped to the second position in the Global Innovation Efficiency Index in 2012, from 9th position last year, according to a study. Countries which are strong in producing innovation outputs despite a weaker innovation environment and inputs are poised to rank high in the efficiency index. While China topped the list, interestingly, Switzerland and the Netherlands ranked 5th and 9th. Sri Lanka was at the 10th position, a report prepared by CII, Alcatel-Lucent and Booz & Co said.
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Indicator for evaluating national patent performance: Comparative analysis among the 30 OECD countries
In recent years, patenting has been considered one of the major drivers for enhancing national competitiveness and most of the advanced countries have been more actively enforcing patent protection. However,
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From polarization to convergence: need to mend the broken patent system
<p> For more than two hundred years, the world has discussed the issue of whether to continue the process of patenting or whether to do away with it. Developed countries remain polarized for various reasons
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WTO, WIPO and WHO examine role of patent information in access to medicines
<p> <meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv="CONTENT-TYPE" /> <title></title> <meta content="OpenOffice.org 3.2 (Linux)" name="GENERATOR" /> <style type="text/css"> <!-- @page { margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } --> </style> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">The information in patent documents and applications can play an important role in improving access to
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Patent activity by patent agents in India
Post TRIPS and WTO India
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World patent report 2008: a statistical review
Intellectual property rights have been high on the policy agenda in recent years.