Company Secretaries

Embracing

Excellence

Intellectual Property Rights

Expanding Global

Possibilities

IntellectualProperty Laws

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Protection Industrial

Design

IT &

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Creative India

Innovative India

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Budapest Treaty

Marrakesh TreatyNairobi Treaty

Washington Treaty

Madrid TreatyBerne Treaty

Paris Convention

India is a member of WIPO International Treaties

Intellectual Property Rights Offices in India

Delhi

Patent & Trademark

Kolkata

HQ Patent & Design, TM

office

Chennai

Patent , Trademark & GI

Mumbai

HQ Trademark,

Patent Office

Ahmedabad

Trademark

State of the art

Integrated & IT- enabled offices

How India Scores in Global IP Index?

India

Asia

Bottom 3

Economies

Top 5

Overall score in comparison %

36.04

52.46

27.33

92.20

Global Innovation Policy Center’s (GIPC’s)

36/50

Index rank

India jumps eight places to 36th

spot in US Chamber's global IP index

IPR Practitioners – Scope and opportunities

India 36.04

Asia

Bottom 3

Economies

52.46

27.33

Top 5 92.20

56.16

Every single Index point means, new business or entrepreneurs – Opportunity for Incorporation

New Trademark or Patent registration in India could be International License Agreement

Millennial Innovation mindset is a huge opportunity to patent more inventions in India

Company Secretaries can coach and mentor young talent to turn into Entrepreneurs

Government of India support to grow IPR in India

To catch up with Top 5 countries

average IP Index score, India still

has 56% more to catch up

Top 5 countries: US, UK,

Sweden, France & Germany

Since 2016 policy formulation …

India sees huge surge in IPR applications

236% Trademark

233% Copyright

41% Patents

IPR think tank

300 stakeholders

31 Departments

5 Countries

Since 2016 policy formulation …

Separate Gateway for E- Filing of trademark applications

50% fees concession to MSME

Trade Mark E-Journal, published every week

Real time online status – IPR portal

International Trademark, online single application – Madrid protocol

80% fee concession for startups

Expedited examination of patent applications

Potential services

Trademark

Availability Search

Registration & Renewal

Strategy advise & consulting

Monitoring

Opposition

Drafting TM contracts

Response to refusal

Litigation support

Patent

Patent advisory

Conduct search

Prepare & file applications

Patent watching services

Handling oppositions

Validity investigations

Infringement investigations

Litigation support

Copyright

Registration services

Response to refusal

Infringement protection

License agreements

Copyright assignment

Protect & monitor websites

Litigation support

Information Technology & Cyber Crimes Act, 2000

5.8 Million cyber crimes a year and

Facebook and Twitter incidents reported every

45 minutes, cyber lawyers will

see a big pick up in work

o Interpretation of cyber laws

o Due diligence

o Security Audit

o Security practices and compliance

o SEBI security compliance

o Process specific solutions - Audit and compliance

o Cases relating to credit card frauds

o Internet hacking, cyber stalking …

o Cyber crimes related to IPR

Cyber Law advisory and consulting opportunities

Data Protection

Draft GDPR Bill borrows from EU’s General Data Protection Regulation

Penalty of up to 4% of annual revenues

Restricting data use when it is not necessary

Appointment of Data Protection Officers by companies

Inclusion of data protection while designing Technology

User’s right to port their data to another company

What’s coming?

Justice B.N. Srikrishna Committee submitted

its report in July 2018 along with the draft

Personal Data Protection Bill

A data protection authority to be set up

What the draft bill says?

Stiff penalties in case of violations of law

Companies to appoint Data Protection Officers

An effective mechanism to address grievances

Investigating authority not below Inspector of police

CS Opportunities

E2E Data Protection process review

Data privacy consent legal drafting

Periodic Personal Data maintenance review

Access Rights Review

Procedure for handling data breaches

Act as Data Protection Officer

Thank you

S. Ravindran

Director

ravindran@compasspoint.co.in

+91 9790996772