Intellectual property
A solid base of intellectual property rights will drive innovation
IP rights protection can encourage innovation and entrepreneurial enthusiasm on a large scale
26 April 2024, 07:48 AM
Bring back our sarees
The government should identify and register all our GI products immediately, before we see them being snatched away.
4 February 2024, 05:18 AM
Is Intellectual Property Turning into a Knowledge Monopoly?
Science was supposed to produce new knowledge, which could then be mined by technology to produce artifacts.
9 September 2023, 10:00 AM
Intellectual property for the 21st-century
The patent system can be thought of as awarding a prize. But the prize impedes the flow of knowledge, reduces the benefits derived from it, and distorts the economy.
18 October 2017, 18:00 PM
Over $8m 'to be spent' on legal fees
The government plans to spend $8.25 million on legal assistance over a span of 15 years to take out patents on jute genomes decoded by Bangladeshi scientists.
31 May 2016, 18:00 PM
Protecting our uniqueness
GI registration of a product is new in our country. While some special quality products produced in Bangladesh can be called GI products
25 April 2016, 18:00 PM
TRIPS Agreement and Bangladesh
Separate laws should be enacted for the protection of industrial designs, utility models, PVP, cross-cutting IPRs, trade-secrets, preventing unfair competition, and integrating IP offices, and necessary amendments need be made to the existing laws.
1 February 2016, 18:00 PM