India is again in the process of amending its Patent Rules to bring them in line with the spirit of national intellectual property rights (IPR) policy and the government’s initiatives of “Make in India” and “Start-up India”.
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The Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) unveiled the IPR policy on 13 May 2016 with the objective of nurturing IP culture in the country, and guiding and enabling creators and inventors to realize their potential for generating, protecting and utilizing IP, which would contribute to wealth creation, employment opportunities and business development.
In view of the policy, the Patent Rules, 2003, were extensively amended in 2016 to include new provisions of expedited examination, inclusion of definition of start-ups, and having shorter and stricter timelines.
Vidisha Garg is a partner at Anand and Anand
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