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Indian Dairyman / July 2012 Issue, Vol 64, No. 7  / ISSN 0019-4603 / Page No. - 25

Economic & Legal Aspects of Intellectual Property needs Proper Attention   Very often very creative minds don’t get due share of their work. The major reason is unauthorized use of the creation and creativity by beneficiaries of the creation. It is important for any creation to be protected under the law so that inventor must have incentive to use his or her creativity for the benefit of the society and for his or her personal benefit as well within the provisions of overall legal system prevalent in the society. While extending legal protection it is important to understand the scope of the intellectual property within the overall legal framework and economic implications of the objective of the subject under consideration. Scope of intellectual property rights Like every other property intellectual property should also have ownership and right to use. Intellectual property may be analyzed in terms of its subject matter, the actions it regulates in respect o

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Interview by Editor, Agribusiness and Food Processing Magazine, Media Today Group on the occasion of Receiving Award Appeared in Agribusiness and Food Processing Magazine, July'2012 Issue       First of all, Media Today Group congratulates you for winning the Special Award from Mr Pranab Mukherjee for your contribution to the advancement of commodity markets in the country…... Our first question is about your illustrious, experience-rich, and two-decade long journey from CFTRI to now as Chief Operating Officer (COO) with large industrial house. How do you feel about such a rewarding career and way forward for agriculture space in India? At the outset, let me convey my thanks and heartiest gratitude to my teachers, parents, family, friends and well-wishers for their constant support and guidance. They all provided me intellectual inputs, encouragement and moral support to pursue career in this non-glamorous sector of Indian economy. Whenever I undertook challenging ass

Theme Paper for ASSOCHAM FMCG Summit [1] Changing Food Safety Standards and Environment Standards and their impact on FMCG Companies By: Vijay Sardana With every change in food laws, corporate managers feel very irritated because these changes are forced on them. It forces them to re-think and re-work and once again disturbs the well-established supply chain. The argument is why we need it, when everything was fine? How many times in a life of company changes labels for its products? How many times companies modify its label to launch a scheme? How many times food laws are changed in a life of company? It is human nature; we don’t want change when we are comfortable. Whether it is pollution, global warming, traffic diversion, change in accounting laws, change in phone number, home address, so same is with changes in food laws. Unfortunately, neither consumers’ expectations nor needs are static. At the same time, food safety is changing with new scient

View of Dal Lake during my last stay in House boat near Hazartbal. Enjoyed the hospitality of our very friendly Kashmiri friends and families. Pl. do visit.