Industry



IPR Awareness in the Industry

In order to gain competitiveness in the global market, it is vital that the Indian industry innovates, protects its innovations and reaches the potential it has. To achieve this, it is vital that ideas, creations and innovations are protected under India’s robust Intellectual Property Rights regime reiterated by the National IPR Policy 2016. IPRs also pivotal to the government’s flagship Make in India and Digital India initiatives as in the modern world, businesses have to allocate resources to R&D, innovate and protect their innovations to sustain and gain monopoly in the market. So come on, lets create, innovate, protect and take India higher!

CIPAM organized IPR Awareness programs in the following Industry Associations [ Duration: 2 hrs 20 mins]
CIPAM contributed sessions on IPR in the following programs organized by Industry Associations [ Duration: 1 hour]

Why is IP important to your Business?

  • Protects your creations and inventions
  • Assurance of ownership of an artwork or product
  • Helps you gain monopoly in the market
  • Aids your business’ growth and expansion
  • Contributes to the Indian economy
  • Rewards the right individual/company for their work
  • Leads to continued innovations!

What has been done?

Where did we have these roadshows?

S. No.

Date

Location

1.

5th June 2016

Patna, Bihar

2.

16th June 2016

Jaipur, Rajasthan

3.

17th June 2016

Guwahati, Assam

4.

18th June 2016

Hyderabad, Telangana

5.

20th June 2016

Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh

6.

21st June 2016

Imphal, Manipur

7.

22nd June 2016

Punducherry

8.

24th June 2016

Amritsar, Punjab

9.

25th June 2016

Bhubaneswar, Odisha

10.

28th June 2016

Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir

11.

28th June 2016

Ludhiana, Punajab

12.

29th June 2016

Kochi, Kerala

13.

1st July 2016

Panaji, Goa

14.

2nd July 2016

Tiruchirappalli, TamilNadu

15.

5th July 2016

Surat, Gujarat

16.

6th July 2016

Haridwar, Uttarakhand

17.

7th July 2016

Indore, Madhya Pradesh

18.

8th July 2016

Luchnow, Uttar Pradesh

19.

9th July 2016

Mangalore, Karnataka

KEY INSIGHTS & FEEDBACK

  • Participants from the MSME sector as well as Startups were eager to know complete details of incentives offered under the Scheme for Facilitating Startups Intellectual Protection (SIPP) and other incentives on offer,
  • Commercialization and marketing were the biggest bottlenecks for the entrepreneurs in the state of J&K and the North Estern states. There were requests to setup IP Facilitation Centers that could provide handholding/support to entrepreneurs and innovators through the entire process of IP filling for monetization of their IPRs,
  • It was felt that strengthening of the judiciary and enforcement system, escpecially in Tier-2 cities, would go a long way in improving the IPR environment in the country,
  • A platform connecting academicians and research scientists with venture capitalists and technology incubators aborad would be a great step to promote industry-academia collaboration,
  • There were requests from schools and colleges to organize similar IP awareness programes in their campuses
  • Numerous requests were put forth to organize focused awareness events on Copyrights, Geographical Indications, filling process and the benefits of IPRs.

CIPAM launched an IPR Awareness campaign in the industry on a pilot basis and conducted awareness programs in 19 different states of India from June-July 2016 which saw excellent participated and feedback from stakeholders.

An overview of the this campaign can be seen below:

What will be happening?

CIPAM-DIPP aims to conduct over 3500 awareness programmes in schools, universities and the industry across the country including Tier 1, Tier 2, Tier 3 cities as well as rural areas along with content translated to various regional languages for a wider reach. Industry especially, MSMEs, who are one of the major growth drivers of the Indian economy, are a critical aspect of this IPR awareness campaign across the country as IP is an important tool for fostering innovation.

Are you interested in having a programme in your region?

You can get in touch with us here  or email us at cipam-dipp[at]gov[dot]in. We will do our best to have a session in your region very soon! You can also see a full list of upcoming IPR sessions taking place across the country here and take part in a session near you for free by just getting to the venue on the day of the session!

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  Feb 10, 2021 @ 3:02 pm
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