iasscore:: Indian Intellectual Property Panorama

Indian Intellectual Property Panorama

A single window interface for information on Intellectual Property and guidance on leveraging it for competitive advantage. 

The portal seeks to increase awareness and build sensitivity towards IP, among stakeholders in the SME sector, academia and researchers. 

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.

The following five modules of the Indian IP Panorama have been released today:

1. “Importance of IP for SMEs”,

2. “Trademark”,

3. “Industrial design”,

4. “Invention and Patent” and

5. “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.

India and WIPO in Brief

India is a member of WIPO and party to several treaties administered by WIPO. 

Recognizing that the strategic use of intellectual property could contribute significantly to the national development objectives of India, DIPP entered into an MoU with WIPO in 2009. 

India acceded to Madrid Protocol for the International Registration of Marks at WIPO  in 2013. 

The Madrid System for the International Registration of Marks (Madrid system) offers trademark owners a cost effective, user friendly and streamlined means of protecting and managing their trademark portfolio internationally.