By 1 2 1 News Reporter
Chandigarh 19th July:-- Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) organized a Conference on Intellectual Property Rights : Planning an IPR portfolio for growth and new Paradigms here today. Dr K S Kardam, Deputy Controller of Patents & Designs & Head, Patent Office Delhi, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India said, "India has developed a national framework for creation and protection of IPRs, which is continuously evolving and is already meeting global standards. The challenge before the county is to scale up the process of IP creation and capture value from the scientific and technological creations to catapult the country into the league of most innovative and developed nations".
Sharing the 2011-2020 has been declared as the Decade of Innovation, Dr Kardam said, "India is way behind in IP applications globally. In 2010 490,226 patent applications were filed in USA, 391,177 in China, 344,598 in Japan, 170,101 in Korea, 150,961 in EPO, 59,254 in Germany and mere 39,400 in India alongwith 7589 design applications." He added that China recorded a 24% growth in Patent filing whereas India recorded about 12% growth in patent filing and secured 9th position ahead of Brazil & United Kingdom.
While sharing the details of her 95 patents filed out of which 70 have been granted Indian and Foreign patents, Dr.Rita Kumar, Chairman and Managing Director, National Research Development Corporation shared, "It is important to create IPs based on the demand in the market so that they could be commercialized rather than just filing patents. There is a need to carry out research in the areas relating to environment protection." She shared the case studies on innovation & IPR management for industry benefits throwing light on the initiatives taken at NRDC to create, protect and commercialize IPs.
ManMohan S Kohli, Chairman, CII Chandigarh Council &CEO, Hotel Aromamentioned that leveraging Intellectual Property for knowledge based development and national wealth creation is immensely important in the current scenario. This has immense significance and implications on our economy and society. He added that if the innovations are not protected, the return on investment on Research & Development would not be as high as desired and that it is a fallacy that the protection can be filed only for big inventions. Mr Kohli added, "While Indian industry has been increasingly realizing the importance and benefits of IP creation and protection, the Indian Government has been doing their best in creating conducive environment by upgrading infrastructure and bringing in policy level initiatives in the country, which has resulted in sweeping changes in IP culture & administration in India". "CII realizing the importance of IPR as the key differentiator for industrial competitiveness institutionalized a dedicated department manned by domain experts & professionals more than a decade back", he added.
Mrs Komal Talwar, Founder, TT Consultants, the knowledge partner of the Conference, shared, "From Haryana only 161 patents have been filed alongwith 55 from Punjab and 33 from Chandigarh whereas in China HUAWEI only has filed 50000 patents in 2012 alone and has invested 4.8 Billion USD in R&D". "It is time that we, in this region, earnestly learn the global language of IPR, create awareness and build capacity to do so", she added.
Dr Will Simmons, Associate, Sughrue, USA presenting the international perspective on patenting in USA mentioned. Prof Anil Gupta, Professor, IIM, Ahmadabad & Executive Vice Chair, National Innovation Foundationshared how IPR strategies could drive innovations in small businesses.He further stated that it is very critical for MSMEs to take the route of IPRs to maximize profits. Dr Dhanpat Agarwal, Director, ITAG Business Solutions Ltd called upon the importance of developing a strong IPR ecosystem and its 5 aspects, which include IP creation, protection, enforcement, commercialization & awareness.
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