"Patents will be given only for genuine inventions, and repetitive patents will not be given for minor tweaks to an existing drug, " Singh told reporters outside the court.
This investment provides efficient access to important inventionsand standards-essential patentsand reinforces our leadership role in building an active market for invention.
That means we can drive our technology and leadership into these standards and have patents that protect our inventions that go into these standards, which are then implemented into millions of devices.
The European Parliament approved on first reading a law that would harmonise national patent legislation on genetic engineering , and would allow continent-wide patents for genetic inventions.
Another problem is the prospect that the present bill may clear the way for patents to be issued for inventions of human organisms - a moral and ethical concern of the first order.