IPR Policy

Changes to IP laws have yielded results, leading to an improvement in India's ranking in the innovation index

The TRIPS agreement came into effect in January 1995

Experts say merely waiving IPR will not raise vaccine supply unless pharma companies transfer the technology and trade secrets that will enable others to produce the vaccines

Goyal says India's proposal getting widespread support

Competition laws and Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) both encourage innovation and contribute to human progress, former RBI Governor D Subbarao said on Saturday

The second of a two-part series examines challenges linked to IPR and monopoly once Covid-19 vaccine is created

Responding during Question Hour, Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal said the government has brought a lot of "sanity" to the working of eight areas of IPR, be it patent, copyright or trademark

However, if an institution determines that an invention was made by an individual on his or her own time and was without use of its resources, then the invention shall vest with the individual

Implementation of the IPR Policy has led to an increased emphasis on IP education and IP awareness among entrepreneurs

HC ruling in the DU photocopy case sends a message that it is at odds with IP Index, says Kilbride

In May, the government announced the policy to incentivise entrepreneurship and curb manufacturing and sale of counterfeits Joint Secretary in the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) Rajiv Aggarwal said the government is making an ecosystem to promote both these things. "India has just come out with the National IPR policy. The slogan or the entire bedrock of that policy rests on creativity and innovation. We talk of a creative and innovative India," Aggarwal said here at a function. Talking about 'jugaad' or 'frugal innovation', he said these are important but not the only solution as "we have to think beyond and go further". In May, the government announced the policy to incentivise entrepreneurship and curb manufacturing and sale of counterfeits. The policy, with the tagline 'Creative India: Innovative India', also calls for updating various intellectual property laws, including the Indian Cinematography Act, to

They say it also offers no tax incentives for research, skips proposal to have designated courts for patent cases

Department recently released new National IPR policy with 7 objectives, including creation of public awareness about socio-economic and cultural benefits of IPRs

It aims to leverage IPR to reap economic and social benefits on a large scale

The policy is expected to strengthen the IPR regime in the country

Sitharaman said that no country has any right to interfere in the sovereign position of other nation

IPR policy has been formulated to foster innovation, accelerate economic growth, generate employment and entrepreneurship