Assessing the role of ayurvedic 'Bhasms' as ethno-nanomedicine in the metal based nanomedicine patent regime

Journal of Intellectual Property Rights

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 509-515

  Paul, Sanjeeta ^a   Chugh, Archana ^a,b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Ayurvedic bhasm; Copyleft; Ethno nanomedicine; Intellectual property; Nanoparticle; Open source; Prior art; Traditional knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 80855128875     PISSN: 09717544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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