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प्रश्न
What is ‘biopatent’? Give any two examples.
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उत्तर
A patent is a special right granted to the inventor by the government. A patent is the personal property of an inventor. It can be sold like any other property. Biopatent is a biological patent. For example basmati rice and turmeric.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
______ refers to the use of bioresources by multinational companies and organisations without authorisation from the concerned country and its people.
Identify the CORRECT term for following description.
Some multinational companies have exploited the traditional knowledge of the indigenous people to produce commercially important bioproducts without their consent.
First biopatent was patented pertaining to genetically engineered bacterium ______ used for clearing oils spills.
A 'new' variety of rice was patented by a foreign company, though such varieties have been present in India for a long time. This is related to ______.
Read the paragraph given below and identify X and Y.
'X' is the right granted by a government to the inventor to prevent others from the commercial use of his invention.
When 'X' are granted for biological entities and for products derived from them, these are called 'Y'.
Why do the so-called “innovations and discoveries” of modern pharmaceutical and agricultural research not qualify as new inventions?
How does traditional knowledge help multinational companies (MNCs)?
What happened to all claims related to the Basmati rice patent in March 2001?
What is brazzein in Pentadiplandra brazzein?
How does biopiracy harm indigenous communities?
