Govt releases IPR Panorama to increase awareness among SMEs

New Delhi, Apr 1 (KNN) With the view to increase awareness and build sensitivity towards IP, among stakeholders in the SME sector, academia and researchers, a single window interface for information on Intellectual Property and guidance has been launched by the government.

The Indian IP Panorama can be accessed through: http://ict-ipr.in/index.php/ip-panorama

The Indian IP Panorama is a customized version of IP Panorama Multimedia toolkit, developed by World Intellectual Property Organization, Korean Intellectual Property Office and Korea Invention Promotion Association.

The toolkit has been adapted to cater to SMEs and start-ups, especially in the ICTE sector of India, based on an agreement signed between WIPO and DeitY.

The Indian IP Panorama is thus a customized version of WIPO’s original product and is in accordance with Indian IP laws, standards, challenges and needs of the Indian ICTE sector.

As many as five modules of the Indian IP Panorama have been released:  Importance of IP for SMEs; Trademark; Industrial design; Invention and Patent; and Patent Information.

The Indian IP Panorama has been developed under the aegis of Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY) and Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP), Government of India by Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), in close coordination with the Indian IP office. (With PIB Inputs)