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Intellectual Property Rights in India
The following publications focus on the process of change brought about by the adoption of the TRIPS Agreement and India's efforts to comply with its international obligations in this field. These publications focus on the links between intellectual property rights and biodiversity, agriculture and health.
Books Philippe Cullet, Intellectual Property Protection and Sustainable Development (New Delhi: Lexis/Nexis - Butterworths, 2005) [ more info ]

Selected Academic Publications on Intellectual Property Rights

Revision of the TRIPS Agreement Concerning the Protection of Plant Varieties: Lessons from India Concerning the Development of a Sui Generis System
author(s):	Philippe Cullet
source:	2 Journal of World Intellectual Property (1999), p. 617
date:	1999
publication:	academic
	abstract	full text PDF	523 [KB]


Property Rights Regimes over Biological Resources – India’s Proposed Legislative Framework
author(s):	Philippe Cullet
source:	4 Journal of World Intellectual Property (2001), p. 211
date:	2001
publication:	academic
	abstract	full text PDF	292 [KB]


Plant Variety Protection and Farmers' Rights - Towards a Broader Understanding
author(s):	Philippe Cullet, Radika Kolluru
source:	24 Delhi Law Review 2002 (2003), p.41
date:	2003
publication:	academic
	abstract	full text PDF	334 [KB]


Intellectual Property Rights and Biodiversity Management: The Case of India
author(s):	Philippe Cullet, Jawahar Raja
source:	4/1 Global Environmental Politics (2004), p. 97
date:	2004
publication:	academic
	abstract	full text PDF	160 [KB]


Seeds Regulation, Food Security and Sustainable Development
author(s):	Philippe Cullet
source:	40/32 Economic & Political Weekly (6 August 2005)
date:	2005
publication:	academic
	abstract	full text PDF	360 [KB]


Patents Bill, TRIPS and the Right to Health
author(s):	Philippe Cullet
source:	36/43 Economic and Political Weekly (2001), p. 4049
date:	2001
publication:	academic
	abstract	full text PDF	46 [KB]


Amended Patents Act and Access to Medicines after Doha
author(s):	Philippe Cullet
source:	37/24 Economic and Political Weekly (2002), p. 2278
date:	2002
publication:	academic
	abstract	full text PDF	43 [KB]


For an Alternative Patents Regime
author(s):	Philippe Cullet
source:	16/21 Frontline, 22 October 1999, p. 90
date:	1999
publication:	newspaper
	abstract	full text PDF	44 [KB]


Farmers' Rights in Peril
author(s):	philippe Cullet
source:	17/7 Frontline, 1 April 2000, p. 71
date:	2000
publication:	newspaper
	abstract	full text PDF	38 [KB]


The Patents Amendment Act and Access to Medicines
author(s):	Philippe Cullet
source:	The Hindu, 27 May 2002
date:	2002
publication:	newspaper
	abstract	full text PDF	33 [KB]