IPR means Intellectual Property Rights, how really IPR boosts the different sectors in India viz; agriculture, molecular biology, Biotechnology,Pharmaceutical industry,etc. Please, also read my ppt "Negative Impact of IPR on Biodiversity.

2. IPR IMPACTS ON
BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH IN
INDIA

3. History of ipr in India
On February 28, 1856, the Government of India
promulgated legislation to grant what was then termed as
"exclusive privileges for the encouragement of inventions
of new manufactures" i.e the Patents Act.
On March 3, 1856, a civil engineer, George Alfred
DePenning of 7, Grant’s Lane, Calcutta petitioned the
Government of India for grant of exclusive privileges for his
invention - "An Efficient Punkah Pulling Machine".
On September 2, DePenning, submitted the Specifications
for his invention along with drawings to illustrate its
working.
These were accepted and the invention was granted the
first ever Intellectual Property protection in India.

17. Pressures of globalisation or internationalisation were
not intense during 1950s to 1980s, and many
countries, including India, were able to manage
without practising a strong system of IPR.
Globalization driven by chemical, pharmaceutical,
electronic, and IT industries has resulted into large
investment in R&D.
This process is characterized by shortening of product
cycle, time and high risk of reverse engineering by
competitors. Industries came to realize that trade
secrets were not adequate to guard a technology.

18. It was difficult to reap the benefits of innovations
unless uniform laws and rules of patents, trademarks,
copyright, etc. existed. That is how IPR became an
important constituent of the World Trade Organization
(WTO).
Traditional medicine dealing with natural botanical
products is an important part of human health care in
many developing countries and also in developed
countries, increasing their commercial value.
The world market for such medicines has reached US $
60 billion, with annual growth rates of between 5% and
15%.

19. Patents provide important incentives for innovation
and disclosure in the life sciences and play a key role in
licensing and commercialization activities across the
university-industry boundary .
Life science companies can strategically use their
intellectual property assets to generate revenue in a
number of different ways including licensing their IP
and developing joint ventures and strategic alliances.
Venture capitalists place a high value on strategic
alliances and joint ventures as they provide an
opportunity to demonstrate the validity of the science
and its commercial potential.

20. Currently bioinformatics is largely handled by protecting, then sharing information.
For continued advances access to sequenced data is critical.
In the mid 1990s, the interactive communication technology, i.e., the ‘Internet
technology’ became widely available for public use. This has been a major stimulus
to in modern day genomics. The World Wide Web provided the means to share
and integrate databases, distribute software, and perform sophisticated analyses.
Currently, there are at least 400 internet-accessible databases of biological data
and about 20 applications software to analyze sequence data.
The human genome project relied heavily on sharing of information and
knowledge including the information held by private sector.
This knowledge-based revolution can drive agricultural research for the benefit of
all.
The human genome project has led to the production of a wealth of information
that clearly will have added value in areas of animal science.
Likewise development of vaccines and other treatments for diseases will benefit
animal science researchers.