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In a bid to spread awareness about intellectual property rights (IPR), the Centre is holding campaigns on the National IPR Policy across States and may ask them to come up with their own policies.
The need to spread information on commercialisation of patents was also highlighted at an interaction between industry associations and lawyers with the Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion (DIPP) on the awareness campaign.
DIPP Secretary Ramesh Abhishek, in his address to industry representatives, said that a nation-wide awareness campaign on IPR will be launched by the department in collaboration with the Office of the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks (CGPDTM) and industry associations.
On a pilot basis, the department has already carried out roadshows in 18 States. The target is to carry out 3,500 roadshows by the end of 2020. Persuading States to have their own IPR policy, in line with the National policy, could lead to more incentives for filing and greater funding of R&D activities.
Industry associations pointed out that since commercialisation of patents was less than three per cent of the total patents filed, there was a pressing need to spread information on how to go about it. Discussions were held on the mode of dissemination of information and promotional content at various levels — schools, college and industry.
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