Ethical, social, legal and IPR (intellectual property rights) issues related to biotechnological development.

Biotechnology through Genetic engineering has made Food Crops more resistant to disease, but the mere act of modification of the naturally selected food crops may actually disturb the delicate balance of Fermentation (C) Tissue Culture (D) Cloning Which of the following is an example of a genetically modified organism? (A) A tomato that is resistant … Read more

Patents And Intellectual Property Rights

–2/”>a >DOCTYPE html PUBLIC “-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN” “http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd”> . (TRIPS & TRIMS) Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) are set of rights associated with creations of the human mind. An output of the human mind may be attributed with intellectual property rights. These are like any other property, and the law allows the owner to use … Read more

Application of Biotechnology and concerned Ethical and Intellectual Property Right Issues

Biotechnology is defined as the industrial application of living organisms and their biological processes such as biochemistry, Microbiology, and Genetic engineering, in order to make best use of the Microorganisms for the benefit of mankind. Modern biotechnology provides breakthrough products and technologies to combat debilitating and rare diseases, reduce our environmental footprint, feed the hungry, … Read more

Drugs and Their Patenting-Human Health- For RAS/RTS Mains

Intellectual property:- is regarded as creation of mind in the form of patents for invention or copyright for literary and Art works in the form of Trademark and geography  indicators. copyright:- includes nobles, poems ,films, musical work, artistic work such as drawing, painting, Photograph structural Trademark :– it is a distinctive sign which is identified with certain goods or Services as … Read more

Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS)

The following are the subtopics of Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS): Copyright and related rights Trademarks Geographical Indications Industrial designs Patents Layout-designs of integrated circuits Protection of undisclosed information Enforcement of intellectual property rights Dispute settlement Transitional arrangements Institutional arrangements The Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) is an international … Read more