The government launched a portal which will act as a single window interface for information on intellectual property and provide guidance on leveraging it for competitive advantage.

The portal seeks to increase awareness and build sensitivity towards IP, among stakeholders in the SME sector, academia and researchers, Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) Secretary Ramesh Abhishek said.

The Indian IP Panorama is a customised version of IP Panorama Multimedia toolkit, developed by World Intellectual Property Organisation, Korean Intellectual Property Office and Korea Invention Promotion Association.

The toolkit has been adapted to cater to SMEs and start-ups, especially in the ICTE sector of India, based on an agreement signed between WIPO and DeitY.

The Indian IP Panorama is thus a customised version of WIPO’s original product and is in accordance with Indian IP laws, standards, challenges and needs of the Indian ICTE sector, he said.

The five modules of the Indian IP Panorama include importance of IP for SMEs, Trademark, Industrial design and Invention and Patent. The Indian IP Panorama has been developed under the aegis of Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY) and DIPP, Government of India by Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), in close coordination with the Indian IP office.

Source: The Times of India