The Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) has published the first draft of the national IPR policy yesterday. Dated December 19, the policy draft has been prepared by the five-member IPR think tank chaired by Justice Prabha Sridevan.
The 31-page document covers an overview of India’s IP system, the vision, mission and objectives of the policy as well as the integration of IP with the Make in India and Digital India initiatives.
The draft policy ends by stating the need to to establish or designate a high level body in the Government to coordinate, guide and oversee implementation and future development of IP in India in accordance with the National IP Policy. While this body will be the nodal agency in the Government responsible for bringing cohesion and coordination among various Ministries/Departments in the way they deal with IP matters under their charge, the responsibility for actual implementation of the plan of action will remain with the Ministries/Departments concerned in their assigned sphere of work.
The document also states that annual evaluation of the overall working of the National IP Policy and the results achieved would be undertaken and a major review of the Policy would be undertaken after three years.