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Intellectual Property Rights: National and International Perspectives

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Intellectual property (IP) has become more important in modern times both nationally and internationally. The extensive advertising and persuasive salesmanship of modern business has made increasingly valuable such forms of property as copyrights, patents and property in designs.

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    S. Salazar, “Intellectual Property and the Right to Health”, WIPO/OHCHR, Intellectual Property and Human Rights, A Panel Discussion to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Geneva, Switzerland, 1999, at 71.

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    Novartis AG v. Union of India & Ors AIR 2013 SC 1311.

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    Ibid.

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    Shamnad Basheer, “Patent with Purpose”, Indian Express April 3, 2013.

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    “Why Novartis Case Will Help Innovation”, The Hindu, April 15, 2013.

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    “Right Prescription”, Times of India, April 3, 2013.

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    “Nobel Prize for Stem Cell Invention”, The Hindu October 09, 2012.

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    Ibid.

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    Gavin Stenton, “Biopiracy within the Pharmaceutical Industry: A Stark Illustration of How Abusive, Manipulative and Perverse the Patenting Process Can Be Towards Countries of the South”, 26(1) Eur. Intell. Property Rev., 2004, pp. 17–26.

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Manikyam, K.S., Lakshminath, A. (2018). Intellectual Property Rights: National and International Perspectives. In: Nirmal, B., Singh, R. (eds) Contemporary Issues in International Law. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-6277-3_19

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