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| Title: | Post-TRIPS Patenting Trends in India with Special Reference to USA: A Comparative Analysis |
| Authors: | Kadri, Harunrashid
Saykhedkar, Medha |
| Keywords: | Intellectual property
TRIPS
Patenting trend
Inventions
Innovation |
| Issue Date: | May-2011 |
| Publisher: | NISCAIR-CSIR, India |
| Abstract: | The TRIPS Agreement, it was expected, would
prove beneficial for developing countries, as it would foster innovation,
stimulate competitiveness, promote transfer of technology and encourage
investment and international trade. India being a signatory to the TRIPS Agreement
amended its patent legislation to comply with the obligations under it. After
having become fully compliant with TRIPS, one now needs to examine how far has
TRIPS contributed in fostering inventive activity in India, specially with
reference to USA, a strong advocate of the TRIPS Agreement. The patenting data
worldwide and the relevant data from USA and India is compared and analysed to
interpret trends in various aspects. The study shows that there has been a
tremendous growth in patenting in India after the implementation of TRIPS, but
no corresponding spurt was observed in inventive activity in India as expected.
Majority of the patents in India are owned by foreign inventors mostly from
USA, indicating that TRIPS has benefited USA and other developed countries. On
the contrary, India has a negligible share in patents granted in USA. The
patenting trend in India shows that TRIPS has neither encouraged innovation in
India nor has it played any major role in the development of India. |
| Page(s): | 217-224 |
| CC License: |  CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India |
| ISSN: | 0975-1076 (Online); 0971-7544 (Print) |
| Source: | JIPR Vol.16(3) [May 2011]
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