Intellectual property is the delicate product of the mind's work. The nations worldwide generally recognize four different courses for protecting intellectual property: copyright, trademark, trade secret and patent. These courses are non-exclusive, and under appropriate state of affairs, one possibly will get hold of multiple forms of protection for the same tract of intellectual property. Intellectual property has the powers of personal property. Accordingly, it may be purchased, assigned, licensed, pledged or transferred in the same manner as other forms of personal property. In recent few...

Conservation of biodiversity is a hot topic of concern worldwide. Intellectual property rights play a major role in protection of biodiversity. Two major international agreements majorly deal with issue - Convention on Biological Diversity or CBD and Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights or TRIPs. This book gives a review of biodiversity and role of IPR and patenting in India and other countries.