As a result, Saradhi claims, he has been harassed by the university which suspended him and tried to tarnish his reputation by charging him with...

The indian Patent Office’s rejection of one of Gilead Sciences’ patents on sofosbuvir, which is used to treat the killer hepatitis C (hep C)...

AT THE heart of a high-profile plagiarism case that has shaken up Indian academia is a gene. Called codA, the gene was obtained from Norio Murata,...

Communists and socialists may change their ideology to accommodate economic liberalism as many Latin American leaders have done—our erstwhile comrades...

European patent No.1812575 was extraordinary on a number of counts. It was held by Monsanto of the US. Ah, yes, Monsanto, one of the top agribiotech...

The enduring images from Peru are the melting glaciers. In the run-up to the 20th Conference of Parties (COP20) on climate change in Lima, TV channels...

Narendra Modi or, perhaps, his advisers do give some thought to the gifts chosen for heads of state. When the Prime Minister went to Washington in...

As the 12th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) got under way in Pyeongchang in the Republic of...

It was an unexpected announcement that conveyed a strong message. ‘We are very strong in IPR (intellectual property rights) and we want to protect our...

Why, and how, can someone seek a patent on a tried-and-tested pickle recipe? Here’s the shocker: the patent for Andhra’s gongura pickle had been...

Perhaps only Elon Musk could have done this. After all, only a revolutionary can set off a revolution. Musk is an engineer-turned-entrepreneur who has...

As the deadly Ebola virus spreads in West Africa taking a lethal toll with its hemorrhagic fever, curious reports are emerging of the patents the US...