Patentability of Biotechnological Inventions

Description

ABOUT THE BOOK

The world has progressed materially at a very fast rate, particularly after Second World War. Due to rapid industrialisation, new horizons of growth and development have opened up. The whole human race is engaged in gathering wealth. The traditional knowledge of property which is concerned with the tangible property, i.e., corporeal property, has expanded into a new horizon, known as intellectual property, i.e., intangible property.
Intellectual Property Rights are divided into two main categories: Industrial Property Rights, which include Patents, Utility Models, Trade Marks, Industrial Designs, Trade Secrets, New Varieties of Plant and Geographical Indications, and Copyrights and Related Rights, which relate to literary and artistic works. However, Patents can be considered to be the most important Intellectual Property Rights as far as inventions for industrial development are concerned.
The concept of patent is not new. However, there was no uniformity in the provisions of patent law relating to various products and processes in different parts of the world. It is for the first time that the TRIPS Agreement has put in place a uniform standard for patenting of products, processes and living organisms. The signatory countries have accordingly made several amendments to make their patent laws consistent with the provisions of the TRIPS Agreement. Therefore, after coming into effect of TRIPS Agreement, the standard of patenting processes, products and living organisms etc. has been streamlined all over the world.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

“Mr. Bidhan Chandra Patra, Deputy Inspector General, Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), was born on 1st July, 1970 in the small village of Jalbenti, under P.S- Gopiballavpur, in the then district of Midnapur (later West Midnapur and now Jhargram) in West Bengal, a highly Naxal affected area during 1960s-70s and 2000s. Staying at his native village he passed Class-IV from Jalbenti Prathamik Vidyalaya and Class-VII from Babu Dumro High School, which was founded by his father and the latter was also a teacher there. Thereafter, he was sent to Bakra Shyama Smriti Vidyapith, a remote rural residential school and one of the six High Schools founded with the initiative of his father and dedicated to the service of the common men. He cleared the competitive examination and achieved National Scholarship in 1981 when he was in Class-VIII. After passing Madhyamik Pariksha (Class-X) from West Bengal Board of Secondary Education in 1984 he joined Maharaja Purna Chandra College, Baripada, Orissa (now Odisha) and passed Higher Secondary Examination from Council of Higher Secondary Education, Orissa in 1986. Thereafter, he joined Regional College of Education (now Regional Institute of Education), Bhubaneswar and passed B.Sc (Physics Honours); B.ED (4-Year Integrated Course under NCERT) in 1990. While pursing LL.B as a regular student from Campus Law Centre, University of Delhi during 1992-’95 academic session he joined CRPF as Assistant Commandant on 1st January, 1995 discontinuing his study. He completed M.A (Public Administration) from Annamalai University through correspondence in 2002-’04 academic session. Later on he pursued LL.B from Mayurbhanj Law College, North Orissa University, during 2006-’09 academic session. He completed LL.M, with specialisation in Intellectual Property Rights during 2014-’16 academic session from Hooghly Mohsin College, University of Burdwan, when he was posted to Central Zone Headquarters of CRPF at Salt Lake, Kolkata as Commandant (Law). He has been awarded the University Gold Medal having been placed First in the First Class in the LL.M Examination, 2016. He has deep interest in the subjects of Jurisprudence, Intellectual Property Law, Constitutional and Administrative Law, Human Rights and Cyber Law.
As a Commander of CRPF he has served in the hypersensitive militancy affected areas of Jammu & Kashmir, insurgency affected areas of North-Eastern States and Maoist affected areas of the country and decorated with prestigious Medals and awards.
He is also the author of the books “Disciplinary Proceedings in Civil Services” and “Judicial Trial in CRPF”.
Presently he is working as Additional Judge Attorney General in National Security Guard, New Delhi.”