SME Times News Bureau | 31 Jul, 2021
Union Minister Piyush Goyal held a review meeting at
the Controller General of Patents, Designs & Trade Marks in Mumbai on
Saturday.
The Minister took review of the various initiatives
undertaken by the Office of Controller General of Patents, Designs and
Trademarks.
The Union Minister reiterated Government’s commitment
to bolster the ecosystem of patents, design, trademarks, GI systems; to
encourage innovation, research & development in the country and bring newer
inventions & knowledge from India's heritage systems to global platform.
With this vision the efforts are being made since 2014
to make India as Global Innovation hub, he added.
The
Union Minister while speaking about the CGPDT’s speedy disposal of applications
informed that, “The pendency in the IPR department has come down drastically.
It has also been decided that any pending application should be completed
within days and not months.”
Goyal
also mentioned about the reduction in fee allowed by the department in order to
help and support startups and women entrepreneurs in the country. “Filing fees
for Startups, MSMEs, Female individual has been given a provision of 80%
discount to help the youth of the country. Also, most of the process are made
online for their convenience. Earlier people from far off places had to spend
money from their pockets to reach the office in person which has now been made
easier. This ensures hassle free administration,” he said.
He
also appreciated the officers in achieving this task.
“All
these steps will encourage research, innovation, development and scientific
thinking in the country,” he added.
Goyal also made a few suggestions to make the whole
process more user friendly. He made suggestion to make a plan to increase
awareness of GI and also to consider instituting scholarships for students
studying the IP law as well as engage faculty from renowned institutions on a
part time basis to help with examination.
Officials of CGPDT briefed how the IP process has been simplified and streamlined
than before and also about the re-engineering of the whole process.
