tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post7144020433619347703..comments2024-03-20T13:10:11.477+05:30Comments on nanopolitan: ToI digs up some more dirt on MashelkarAbihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06790560045313883673noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post-4698781691302085592007-03-01T06:58:00.000+05:302007-03-01T06:58:00.000+05:30Judging by recent reports, it looks like Mashelkar...Judging by recent reports, it looks like Mashelkar has fallen afoul of both disgruntled scientists and the left agenda re patents. <BR/><BR/>That said, apart from bringing attention to patents, Mashelskar (and on the opposite spectrum Vandana Shiva)has used it for a vast degree of self-promotion. Besides, most CSIR patents are badly drafted and worth nothing - the numbers do not mean anything. <BR/><BR/>Everyone has been pretty much copying/paraphrasing/quoting Dutfield - he's one of the best sources for IP and traditional knowledge. Not to acknowledge that is shoddy indeed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com