Though International Intellectual property index acknowledged appreciable improvement in India’s IP regime, problematic areas persist in it. Elaborate (200 Words)
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KEY POINTS
Reasons for improvement India’s IP regime
· Accession to IPR-related international treaties, Eg: India accession to WIPO Performances and phonograms treaty.
· Consent to initiate a Patent Prosecution Highway (is a set of initiatives for providing accelerated patent prosecution procedures by sharing information between some patent offices) with international offices.
· Dedicated set of IP incentives for small business enterprises. Eg: Geographical Indication Tags given to Alphonse Mangoes, Nilambur teak etc.
· A strong awareness-raising effort on the negative impact of piracy and counterfeiting. Eg: Mascot IP Nani, by Ministry of Commerce and Industry, is a tech-savvy grandmother who helps the government and enforcement agencies in combating IP crimes.
Problematic areas of IP regime in India
· A Patent law for “compulsory licensing” to allow commercial production of a patented product in public or national interest, obstacle for inventor, defeating the commercial intent.
· An unambiguous definition of patentability that denies extension (read ever-greening) of a patent on trivial grounds.
· Barriers to licensing and technology transfer, limited framework for safeguarding bio-pharmaceutical IPRs and lengthy procedure for pre-grant opposition to patents.
· Guidelines for Examination of Patent Applications for Computer Related Inventions (CRIs) issued were withdrawn and re-issued in a non-transparent fashion, making most software inventions ineligible for patent protection.
Indian patent office loses its officers, who are mostly qualified engineers and PhDs in respective disciplines to the private sector
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