Protection of intellectual property rights an Indian perspective

The objective of this paper is to provide an overview of the Indian Innovation System, IPR system and other related activities such as Judicial System, Enforcement System, and Academic Institutions etc. The paper is based on the existing data and relates those data and results to the India’s Intellectual Property Rights System, Innovation, Research and Development. This paper focus on the recent reforms in IPR laws to achieve a legal framework for protecting IPR that is comparable to that of most developed nations. As a part Information Technology, three major IT organizations focus on innovation and research discussed in addition to an overview about major multinational companies’ research initiatives in India

A syndrome of fibrosing pleuritis, pericarditis, and synovitis with infantile contractures of fingers and toes in 2 sisters: "familial fibrosing serositis"

We describe a family in which 2 sisters born to consanguineous parents developed childhood onset fibrosing pleuritis in association with constrictive pericarditis and bilateral deforming arthropathy of large and small joints of upper and lower extremities including flexion contractures of several fingers (camptodactyly) and toes. One patient also had mitral value prolapse. Histopathological examination of the synovium and pericardium revealed fibrosis, and ultrastructural study of synovium showed abundant inter and intracellular mesh of 9 nm microfibrils. We describe this distinct clinicopathological entity with pleiotropic manifestations, the common features of which appears to be the fibrosis of serous membranes. Therefore, the term "familial fibrosing serositis" is proposed for this entity