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Intellectual property and Geographical Indications

Intellectual property: patents and the law on what may be patented, copyright, trademarks and designs, Geographical Indications, traditional knowledge, plant varieties and the trade rules that govern them. Prelims has asked which products hold Geographical Indication tags and why India enacted the Geographical Indications Act.

UPSC has asked

  • Prelims 2019: the Intellectual Property Appellate Board and plant variety protection

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Traditional Knowledge Digital Library

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Prelims and Mains

Set up in 2001 by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research with the Ministry of AYUSH, the library holds over 5.2 lakh formulations from Ayurveda, Unani, Siddha, Sowa Rigpa and Yoga, translated so that foreign patent examiners can read them. It protects defensively, by documenting prior art so that patents are refused.

What changed

  1. 10 Jul 2026New subject

    • IP Australia gained access, the eighteenth patent office to do so.

    PIB, 10 Jul 2026: India and Australia Sign Agreement on Access to Council of Scientific and Industrial Research’s Traditional Knowledge Digital Library (CSIR-TKDL) to Strengthen Protection of Traditional Knowledge (opens in a new tab)

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