IPR Policy increased awareness among entrepreneurs: GIPC's Patrick Kilbride

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

India’s performance on the US Chamber of Commerce's annual International Intellectual Property (IP) Index has been a source of discord between the two countries. In all the six editions of the report, brought out by the US Chamber’s Global Innovation Policy Center (GIPC), India has featured among the bottom 10 of 50 economies surveyed. Patrick Kilbride, senior vice president, GIPC, tells Sudipto Dey how the Chamber is trying to change the narrative by helping businesses — both from India and the US — leverage IP mechanisms to improve their competitiveness. Edited excerpts:

To date India has fared poorly on the