Resistance and Consistent: Access to Medicines and Patent Law Reform in India and China

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuan Qiong Hu
Keyword(s):  
Access To Medicines ◽  
Patent Law ◽  
Law Reform ◽  
India And China

Access to Medicines in the Light of Patent Law Regime in India

2020 ◽  
pp. 28-56
Author(s):  
Akanksha Jumde ◽  
Nishant Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual Property ◽  
Generic Drug ◽  
Patent Protection ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Access To Medicines ◽  
Patent Law ◽  
Healthcare Needs ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Legislative Reforms ◽  
The Developed Countries

This chapter aims to trace the development of patent law regime in India and analyze its evolution in response to globally-influential intellectual property framework, such as TRIPS and pressure from the developed countries US and Europe to open up her markets to permit cash-rich pharmaceutical companies to sell their drugs and receive patent protection in India. An observation of the legislative actions and judicial responses reveal that both the parliament and the supreme echelons of the judiciary have been tediously careful in protecting the healthcare needs of the poor by promoting the generic drug industry through a guarded interpretation of Section 3(d) of Patents Act, 1970. The objective of the chapter is to critically analyze the legislative reforms and judicial interpretations of patent law in light of the socio-economic needs of the country.

scholarly journals Patent Law Reform

Nature ◽  
1944 ◽  
Vol 153 (3888) ◽  
pp. 553-553
Keyword(s):  
Patent Law ◽  
Law Reform
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