'Local levels have failed to protect arable land' National Assembly Chairperson Ganesh Prasad Timilsina has accused local levels of failing to protect arable land. Environment 06 Jan, 2023
Patent registration in Nepal: Why so few? There are three major criteria to get an invention patented. They are: novelty, non-obviousness and usefulness. Opinion 05 Mar, 2021
Obtaining patent proves to be costly affair KATHMANDU: Nepali industrialists want Nepal to become a member of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) as they are finding it costly to get their patents registered abroad. “We have to pay a high cost to get our brand registered outside, as Nepal... 06 Nov, 2009
Govt apathy leads to flower patent theft Kathmandu, April 6:More than 342 species of indigenous flowering plants grow in Nepal, according to a survey made by Ministry of Forest and Land Conservation but the government has not taken any initiative to register the patents of these plants. The... 06 Apr, 2009
TRIPS agreement How Nepal can benefit from it Ram Chandra SubediIntellectual property law is one of the fastest growing branches of law in the world today. The phenomenal technological developments in transport and communications have resulted in the globalisation of trade and commerce. This has... 03 May, 2005
Example of progress The idea of handing over 22 Community Biodiversity Registers (CBR), which list the herbs and information about them, to concerned groups in 10 districts for conservation at the local level will take the concept of sustainable development a step... 17 Apr, 2005
