The curse of oil has brought in roads, pipelines, settlers and the inevitable devastation along with displacement, disease and death.
Venter's patent application for his synthetic cell creation has set off a frenzied debate on monopolies in genetic research.
The Valcyte case is vital as it bars incremental innovation and recognises the right of patient groups to oppose patents.
With the deadline for filing the information having ended on March 31, all attention is now centred on what the Patent Office will reveal in coming days.
The Lafarge mining case has highlighted the appalling weakness of the environmental clearance procedures at all levels, writes Latha Jishnu.
The biotech regulatory Bill gags dissent and takes away the power of states without providing any safeguards to farmers and consumers.
Brazil plans to break IP rights on American drugs, music, software and movies as retaliation for its cotton subsidies.
MNC-backed IP summits try to influence sitting judges on patent law enforcement issues pending in Indian courts.
Snarled in spats with established players and legal cases, the gas regulator has done little to streamline the process of expanding city gas networks.
Not all state governments have been kind to the global seed giant Monsanto. And cotton farmers have been less than grateful for the genetically modified technology that is said to have changed their fortunes dramatically.
Jadhav has a certain way with the crowds with his earthy Marathi speeches he got unprecedented crowds whenever he held public meetings as the VC and his innovative schemes at Pune University which took academia to the villages have made him a popular figure in Pune.
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