Govt invites comments on first draft of national IPR policy
Updated: Dec 31, 2014 01:02:29pm
New Delhi, Dec-31 (KNN) The IPR Think Tank set up by the Government of India has submitted its first draft of the National IPR Policy and has requested all stakeholders to send in their comments and suggestions on or before January 30, 2015.
“The document will be updated and further modified by the IPR Think Tank on the basis of comments received from the stakeholders,” an official release from the Ministry of Commerce and Industry said yesterday.
The initiatives proposed include include review of existing IPR laws, setting up of special IPR courts at the district level and a separate law to give protection to utility patents.
Further, the draft proposes to make IPR a compulsory subject in institutions and integrate IPR with government initiatives such as ‘Make in India’ and ‘Digital India’.
The draft has also recommended the setting up of an IP Promotion and Development Council, which will open IP promotion and development units in all states, smart cities, innovation and industrial clusters to provide single window services to entrepreneurs, startups and manufacturing units for IP awareness, protection and utilisation.
It has also proposed the expansion of IP support to MSMEs through new or existing IP facilitation centres. “Links will be forged between IPPDU/facilitation centres with IP offices, innovation and research universities, industry associations and financing institutions in order to realise ‘mind to market’ concept. Technology acquisition and development fund under the manufacturing policy will be utilized for licensing or procuring patented technologies,” it said.
The first draft of the National IPR Policy can be found on: http://dipp.nic.in/English/Schemes/Intellectual_Property_Rights/IPR_Policy_24December2014.pdf (KNN/ES)
“The document will be updated and further modified by the IPR Think Tank on the basis of comments received from the stakeholders,” an official release from the Ministry of Commerce and Industry said yesterday.
The initiatives proposed include include review of existing IPR laws, setting up of special IPR courts at the district level and a separate law to give protection to utility patents.
Further, the draft proposes to make IPR a compulsory subject in institutions and integrate IPR with government initiatives such as ‘Make in India’ and ‘Digital India’.
The draft has also recommended the setting up of an IP Promotion and Development Council, which will open IP promotion and development units in all states, smart cities, innovation and industrial clusters to provide single window services to entrepreneurs, startups and manufacturing units for IP awareness, protection and utilisation.
It has also proposed the expansion of IP support to MSMEs through new or existing IP facilitation centres. “Links will be forged between IPPDU/facilitation centres with IP offices, innovation and research universities, industry associations and financing institutions in order to realise ‘mind to market’ concept. Technology acquisition and development fund under the manufacturing policy will be utilized for licensing or procuring patented technologies,” it said.
The first draft of the National IPR Policy can be found on: http://dipp.nic.in/English/Schemes/Intellectual_Property_Rights/IPR_Policy_24December2014.pdf (KNN/ES)
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