Biopiracy UPSC

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS (IPR): FRAMEWORK, CHALLENGES, AND WAY FORWARD

Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) are legal privileges granted to creators for their mental inventions. They provide exclusive control over creations like patents, trademarks, and copyrights for a specific period, encouraging innovation and economic growth by preventing unauthorized use.  

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BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY ACT 2002: FEATURES, SIGNIFICANCE, CHALLENGES, WAY FORWARD

The Biological Diversity Act, 2002, protects India's genetic resources through equitable benefit-sharing. Recent 2026 updates introduce e-PBRs and revised penalties to streamline compliance. Despite challenges like institutional inertia, it aims to balance industrial growth with grassroots conservation and biopiracy prevention. 

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