SpicyIP Tidbit: IPR and the Government
The DIPP has launched an ambitious 300 crore plan to revamp IPR implementation mechanisms and to sensitize stakeholders. This will entail:1. Setting up a state-of-the-art trademark registry office in Ahmedabad.2. Enhancing the infrastructure capacities of the existing trademark office in New Delhi.3. Setting up a National Institute for Intellectual Property Management at Nagpur. Senior Commerce Ministry officials have stated that there is a need to raise levels of IPR protection as more multinational players enter the markets. Secondly, as our …