01232pab a2200145 454500008004000000100002100040245008700061260000900148300001300157362001600170520083400186650002001020650001201040773003401052180718b1999   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aDasgupta, Biplab  aPatent lies and latent danger: a study of the political economy of patent in India  c1999  ap.979-93  a17 & 23 Apr  aThe creation, under the TRIPs agreement of 1994, of a uniform, standardised international patent regime, unheedful of the differing levels of development, natural and human endowments and history of various countries, has become controversial. Firstly, such a regime clashes with the 1993 convention on biodiversity wherein 170 countries have upheld the need for diversity. Secondly, the increasing patenting of life forms in the developing countries by the MNCs under the pretext of bio-prospecting will lead to a patent regime overwhelmingly in favour of the developed countries. Moreover the 20-year period of product patent rights together with the monopoly marketing rights eliminates the posibility of competing with the MNCs on equal footing. In such a scenario, what should India's position be on this issue? - Reproduced  aPatents - India  aPatents  aEconomic and Political Weekly