National Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Policy
National Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Policy
Why in News?
- National Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Policy, both the IPR ecosystem in this country has recently witnessed many changes and it appears that the patent establishment of the country overdrive to prove its patent-friendliness, rather patentee-friendliness.
Highlights
- The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) under the Ministry of Commerce adopted the National Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Policy in 2016.
- The main goal of the policy is “Creative India; Innovative India”.
- The policy covers all forms of IP, seeks to create synergies between them and other agencies, and sets up an institutional mechanism for implementation and review.
- DPIIT is the nodal department for IPR development in India and the Cell for IPR Promotion & Management (CIPAM) under DPIIT is the single point of reference for implementing the policy.
- India’s IPR regime complies with World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property (TRIPS).
- As per the structural and legislative changes in the IPR, the dissolution of the Intellectual Property Appellate Board (IPAB) took place in 2021 and dedicated IP divisions were established in the Delhi High Court to address the issues.
- IPR are the rights given to persons over the creation of their minds. They usually give the creator an exclusive right over the use of his/her creation for a certain period of time.
- These rights are outlined in Article 27 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which provides for the right to benefit from the protection of moral and material interests resulting from authorship of scientific, literary or artistic productions.
- The Importance of intellectual property was first recognized in the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property (1883) and the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works (1886).
- Both treaties are administered by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).