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6-member panel to draft intellectual property policy

Last Updated 25 October 2014, 20:02 IST

The Centre on Friday constituted a six-member think tank to draft the National Intellectual Property Rights Policy. 

The panel, to be chaired by retired Justice Prabha Sridevan, will identify areas in the Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) which need to be studied and give recommendations to the government, said a Commerce Ministry statement.

The other members of the expert panel are Pratibha M Singh, senior advocate, Punita Bhargava, advocate, Unnat Pandit, Cadila Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Rajeev Srinivasan, Director, Asian School of Business, and Narendra K Sabarwal, retired DDG, World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO).

The expert group set up by the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) will also advise the government on best practices to be followed in trademark offices, patent offices and other government bodies dealing with IPR in order to create an efficient and transparent system of functioning in the said offices.

The panel will keep the government regularly informed about developments in IPR cases which have an impact upon India's IPR Policy and best practices adopted in different countries. The panel will also study the current issues raised by industry associations and those that may have appeared in media and give suggestions to the ministry on such issues.

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(Published 25 October 2014, 20:01 IST)

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