Prabha Sridevan to Head
IPR Think Tank for DIPP, Ex WIPO Man Secy
Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion has
constituted a IPR Think Tank to draft the National
Intellectual Property Rights Policy and to advice the Department of Industrial
Policy and Promotion on IPR issues on 24 October.
2. The
composition of the IPR Think Tank will be as follows:-
i. Justice (Retd) Prabha Sridevan,
Chairperson, IPR Think Tank;
ii. Ms.
Pratibha M Singh, Sr.Advocate,
Singh & Singh Law Firm, Member;
iii. Ms.
Punita Bhargava, Advocate, Inventure IP, Member;
iv. Dr.
Unnat Pandit, Cadila Pharmaceuticals Limited, Member;
v. Shri Rajeev Srinivasan, Director,
Asian School of Business, Thiruvananthapuram, Member; and
vi. Shri Narendra K. Sabarwal, Retired DDG, WIPO, Member and Convener.
3. The terms
of reference of the IPR Think Tank will be as follows;-
i. To draft
National Intellectual Property Rights Policy.
ii. To
identify areas in the IPRs where study needs to be conducted and to furnish
recommendations in this regard to the Ministry.
iii. To provide
views on the possible implications of demands placed by the negotiating
partners.
iv. To
keep the Government regularly informed about the developments taking place in
IPR cases which have an impact upon India's IPR Policy.
v. To
advise the Government on best practices to be followed in Trademark Offices,
Patent Offices and other Government Offices dealing with IPR in order to create
an efficient and transparent system of functioning in the said offices.
vi. To
prepare periodic reports on best practice followed in foreign countries.
vii. To
highlight anomalies in the present IPR legislations and to advice possible
solutions to the Ministry.
viii. To give
suggestions on the steps that may be taken for improving infrastructure in IP
offices and Tribunals.
ix. To examine
the current issues raised by industry associations and those that may have
appeared in media and to give suggestions to the Ministry on such issues.
[Ref: PIB (MoC&I) Press
Release dated 24th October 2014]