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I write to share news about a set of articles that critically evaluate the recent Supreme Court of India’s decision on the patentability of Glivec – the Novartis anti-cancer drug. The ruling that finds Glivec foul of the standards under India’s patent laws – in particular section 3(d) that concerns with ever-greening – is a particularly important judgement on, among other things, the residual space to interpret TRIPS.

The latest issue of Economic and Political Weekly has a set of short pieces that evaluate the judgement and the wider context to this case – and the long-standing struggle in the South for a humanitarian patent regime.

The issue – and these articles are open-access and are as follows:

• The Supreme Court Judgment: ‘Lawmaking’ in the South / Dwijen Rangnekar
• Who Invented Glivec? Does It Matter Anyway? / Graham Dutfield
• Two Decades of Struggle / Amit Sengupta
• Analysing the Supreme Court Judgment / Anand Grover
• Is Section 3(d) Consistent with TRIPS? / Carlos M Correa
• ‘Drop the Case’ / Leena Menghaney
• The Need to Curb Patents on Known Substances / K M GopaKumar

The entire issue can be accessed at http://www.epw.in/ejournal/show/1/_/2964