NEW DELHI: The number of patents filed by Indians across the country have increased by about two per cent to 8,273 during the April-November this financial with government taking steps to promote Intellectual Property Rights (IPR).
However, filing of applications by foreigners have dipped to 21,142 in the nine months period as against 23,105 during the same period previous year.
According to the data of the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP), domestic filing of patents stood at 8,130 during April-November 2015-16.
In the sidelines, the Commerce and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday launched an Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Enforcement Toolkit for Police which will enable the police officials across the country in dealing with IP crimes, specifically Trade Marks counterfeiting and Copyrights piracy. In addition to details of offences under various laws, it also provides for checklists for registering a complaint and conducting search and seizures.
The toolkit has been jointly prepared by Cell for IPR Promotion and Management (CIPAM) and Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI). It will be provided to all state police departments across the country.
In order to strengthen the Enforcement mechanism, CIPAM has also organized seven batches of training programmes for officials in Andhra Pradesh.