Intellectual property

World Intellectual Property Day / A solid base of intellectual property rights will drive innovation

IP rights protection can encourage innovation and entrepreneurial enthusiasm on a large scale

Bring back our sarees 

The government should identify and register all our GI products immediately, before we see them being snatched away.

Is Intellectual Property Turning into a Knowledge Monopoly?

Science was supposed to produce new knowledge, which could then be mined by technology to produce artifacts.

Intellectual property for the 21st-century

The patent system can be thought of as awarding a prize. But the prize impedes the flow of knowledge, reduces the benefits derived from it, and distorts the economy.

Jute Genome Patents / Over $8m 'to be spent' on legal fees

The government plans to spend $8.25 million on legal assistance over a span of 15 years to take out patents on jute genomes decoded by Bangladeshi scientists.

World Intellectual Property Day / Protecting our uniqueness

GI registration of a product is new in our country. While some special quality products produced in Bangladesh can be called GI products

Law reform / TRIPS Agreement and Bangladesh

Separate laws should be enacted for the protection of industrial designs, utility models, PVP, cross-cutting IPRs, trade-secrets, preventing unfair competition, and integrating IP offices, and necessary amendments need be made to the existing laws.

April 26, 2024
April 26, 2024

A solid base of intellectual property rights will drive innovation

IP rights protection can encourage innovation and entrepreneurial enthusiasm on a large scale

February 4, 2024
February 4, 2024

Bring back our sarees 

The government should identify and register all our GI products immediately, before we see them being snatched away.

September 9, 2023
September 9, 2023

Is Intellectual Property Turning into a Knowledge Monopoly?

Science was supposed to produce new knowledge, which could then be mined by technology to produce artifacts.

October 19, 2017
October 19, 2017

Intellectual property for the 21st-century

The patent system can be thought of as awarding a prize. But the prize impedes the flow of knowledge, reduces the benefits derived from it, and distorts the economy.

June 1, 2016
June 1, 2016

Over $8m 'to be spent' on legal fees

The government plans to spend $8.25 million on legal assistance over a span of 15 years to take out patents on jute genomes decoded by Bangladeshi scientists.

April 26, 2016
April 26, 2016

Protecting our uniqueness

GI registration of a product is new in our country. While some special quality products produced in Bangladesh can be called GI products

February 2, 2016
February 2, 2016

TRIPS Agreement and Bangladesh

Separate laws should be enacted for the protection of industrial designs, utility models, PVP, cross-cutting IPRs, trade-secrets, preventing unfair competition, and integrating IP offices, and necessary amendments need be made to the existing laws.