In a welcome move, the office of Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks (CGPDTM) has invited feedback on IP administration in the country by CGPDTM, and the Copyright and GI Registries. For this, the Office has released a 6 page questionnaire on April 15 and has kept April 22 11:59 PM as the deadline to share the responses to this questionnaire. The questionnaire specifies that the feedback will be kept confidential and only the aggregate data from the survey will be used by the Office.
The questionnaire is divided into the following 5 Sections and has an option to send written comments as well (not exceeding 3 pages) : –
- Section 1 : Basic demographic and other information\
- Section 2 : IP Strategies and Intervention
- Section 3 : Response to diversified IP Rights and its access
- Section 4 : Service Evaluation
- Section 5 : Feedback and Suggestions
The link for the questionnaire can be accessed here.
