Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
. 2011 Apr;2(2):88-93.
doi: 10.4103/2231-4040.82952.

Intellectual property rights: An overview and implications in pharmaceutical industry

Chandra Nath Saha  1 , Sanjib Bhattacharya
Affiliations

Intellectual property rights: An overview and implications in pharmaceutical industry

Chandra Nath Saha et al. J Adv Pharm Technol Res. 2011 Apr.

Abstract

Intellectual property rights (IPR) have been defined as ideas, inventions, and creative expressions based on which there is a public willingness to bestow the status of property. IPR provide certain exclusive rights to the inventors or creators of that property, in order to enable them to reap commercial benefits from their creative efforts or reputation. There are several types of intellectual property protection like patent, copyright, trademark, etc. Patent is a recognition for an invention, which satisfies the criteria of global novelty, non-obviousness, and industrial application. IPR is prerequisite for better identification, planning, commercialization, rendering, and thereby protection of invention or creativity. Each industry should evolve its own IPR policies, management style, strategies, and so on depending on its area of specialty. Pharmaceutical industry currently has an evolving IPR strategy requiring a better focus and approach in the coming era.

Keywords: Drug; intellectual property; license; patent; pharmaceutical.

PubMed Disclaimer

Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest: Nil.

References

    1. Singh R. Vol. 1. New Delhi: Universal Law Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd; 2004. Law relating to intellectual property (A complete comprehensive material on intellectual property covering acts, rules, conventions, treaties, agreements, case-Law and much more)
    1. New Delhi: Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India; 2002. Anonymous. Research and development statistics.
    1. New Delhi: Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Government of India; 2002. Anonymous. Research and development in industry: An overview.
    1. Bainbridge DI. New York: Longman; 2002. Intellectual property.
    1. New Delhi: Universal Law Publishing Co. Ltd; 2004. Anonymous. The Design Act. 2000 along with Design Rules 2001.