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NEW DELHI, May 3 Asia Pulse - Concerned over attempts to monopolise its traditional knowledge, India on Tuesday asked the United States to tighten its Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) regime and put in place proper disclosure norms for companies filing for patents.
"The US needs to take a re-look in its IPR rules and put in place proper disclosure norms," Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion Secretary Ajay Dua said here at a luncheon meeting with US Under Secretary for International Trade Franklin L Lavin.
Dua said India's traditional system of knowledge is under threat because US companies do not sufficiently disclose their sources.
"Companies which are not even concerned with certain areas get patents," he said, adding "India ...
Source: HighBeam Research, INDIA ASKS US TO TIGHTEN IPR RULES.