India-EU FTA to force high-speed overhaul of Indian patent law
By Freny Patel ( January 29, 2026, 00:55 GMT | Comment) -- The India-EU Free Trade Agreement pressures India to strengthen the protection of intellectual property to attract investment, while testing its ability to balance innovation, public health priorities and its role as the world’s generic medicine supplier.The newly finalized India-EU Free Trade Agreement — hailed by officials as the “mother of all deals” — is set to do far more than slash duties on luxury cars and fine wines. The pact is widely seen as a compulsory catalyst for a sweeping overhaul of India’s intellectual property framework, potentially ending an era of judicial leniency toward the country’s powerful generic pharmaceutical lobby....
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