ABSTRACT
Patent Attorney and IPR Advocate, Anjan Sen and Associates, 17, Chakraberia Road South, Kolkata-700025, India, E-mail: anjanonline@vsnl.net; info@ipindiaasa.com
1.1 What Are Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)? ................................ 2 1.2 The Need for IPR in Agriculture ...................................................... 2 1.3 The Legal and Statutory Rights and Requirements to Qualify
Subjects Under Various Forms of Intellectual Property Rights Relevant to Agricultural Sciences .................................................... 3
1.4 The TRIPS Agreement and Streamlining of IPR Laws in Various Member Countries .............................................................. 4
1.5 Different Forms of IPRs and Their Relevance to the Agricultural Sector .......................................................................... 4
1.6 Patent Rights as IPR in Agriculture ............................................... 12 1.7 Notification by the Indian Patent Office (IPO) Regarding
Deposit of Biological Material ....................................................... 17 1.8 Impact of the Decision of the U.S. Supreme Court Decision
in India ........................................................................................... 29 1.9 The Indian Patent Scenario in the Biotech Domain ....................... 33 1.10 Notable Provisions of the Indian Act Applicable to
Agriculture-Related Advancements ............................................. 34 1.11 The Future of IPR in the Field of Agriculture .............................. 59
Keywords ................................................................................................ 61 References ............................................................................................... 61
1.1 WHAT ARE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS (IPR)?
