TY - BOOK AU - Parulekar, Ajit Ed. AU - D'souza, Sarita Ed. TI - Indian patents law : legal and business implications SN - 1403930368 U1 - 346.0486 PY - 2006/// CY - New Delhi PB - Macmillan India Ltd. N1 - CONTENTS : Foreword v Preface vii About the Symposium ix 1. Patents - A Civilizational Transition Anil Kakodkar 1 PART I UNDERSTANDING PATENTS 2. Indian Patent Law: Drawing on the Flexibility Offered by TRIPs N.R. Madhava Menon 7 3. Patents: A Legal Perspective Anurag K. Agarwal 17 PART II THE AMENDED PATENTS ACT 2005: EMERGING LEGAL ISSUES 4. The Amended Patents Act 1970: A Critique B.K. Keayla 25 5. Issues in the Realm of Patent Reform in India Abhijit Khandeparkar 40 6. Product Patents and Compulsory Licensing Sarita D'Souza 49 PART III PATENT PROTECTED INDIA: AN INDUSTRY PERSPECTIVE 7. Leveraging IPR for Growth Ranjit Shahani 59 8. Challenges in the Emerging Scenario Gopakumar Nair 64 9. IPR Compliance: A Roadmap for Pharma Industry under New Patent Regime Parikshit Bansal 69 PART IV EMERGING OPPORTUNITIES POST-PATENTS 10. Opportunities: Capitalizing on a Stronger Patent Regime Pradip K. Mazumdar 77 11. Opportunities for the Indian Pharmaceutical Industry Ajit Arun Parulekar 81 12. Developing a Sustainable Relationship between Indian Companies and Multinational Companies Ravindra Limaye 91 PART V IMPLICATIONS FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 13. Developing Stronger R&D Capabilities Anji Reddy 101 14. Global Importance of Patents for the International Pharmaceutical Industry Arno Hartmann 106 15. Product Patent Regime: A New Opportunity for India P.S. Parameswaran 116 PART VI BEYOND PATENTS 16. Newer Horizons for the Indian Industry Narayanan Suresh 125 17. Impact of Pharmaceutical and Market Access and Drug Safety Act on Exports to the US V. Gopal 128 18. New Patent Act: Implications for Drugs and Pharma Products Sector through Case Studies A.D. Damodaran 132 19. TEAM INDIA PHARMA (TIP): Pulsing Dreams to Business Realities Prabuddha Ganguli 139 Contributors 147 ER -