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Comparing Mashelkar Committe and INTERPAT

Flowchart Comparing Mashelkar Committe and INTERPAT

GOVT. OF INDIA Novartis files writ petition against Govt., says strict Indian patent law is not TRIPs compatible. Grant of patents only to NCEs or NMEs and thereby excluding other categories of pharmaceutical inventions is likely to contravene the mandate under Article 27 to grant patents to all ‘inventions’ INTERPAT funds a lawyer to write a report on Indian patent law; that report concluded in November 2005 and published by the IP Institute (uk)

Read on Scribd.

Chapter from Mashelkar

Mashelkar-2004_0

Dutfield Article

Dutfield-1996_0

Dutfield Mashelkar Comparison

Dutfield Mashelkar

Extract from Spicy IP

Extract from Spicy IP

Hindu Editorial on Mashelkar Report and INTERPAT

Editorial piece by Achal Prabhala and Chan Park on Mashelkar Committee report and its links to INTERPAT study.

Hindu Editorial on Mashelkar Report and INTERPAT

 

INTERPAT members

[Part of the compilation on the Mashelkar Committee Controversy]

Interpat Members

Introduction to Mashelkar book

Introduction to “Intellectual Property and Competitive Strategies in the 21st Century” by S Alikhan and R Mashelkar – including a glowing preface by Kamil Idris, Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO)

Introduction Mashelkar book

Mitta Article on Plagiarism by Mashelkar

Manoj Mitta article detailing plagiarism by Mashelkar in 2004: this is a scan of the original print article, which contains a table that makes it easier to read and compare (which is not available on the web version). Mitta Article on Plagiarism by Mashelkar

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