03 September 2021

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The Helpline service provides first-line assistance on Intellectual Property protection and IP rights enforcement in India. All questions sent through this service will receive a tailor-made answer by our IP experts or it will be signposted to appropriate organisations within no more than 3 working days.

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Latest IP updates in India

India's position on IP and AI

Observing an exponential growth in the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) in various fields, India has recently published the Parliamentary Standing Committee Report. The report considers to ‘revisit IPR legislations, and adapting its framework towards a stronger IPR system’ in order to ‘extract benefits from AI’.

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Indian Government offers a 80% fee reduction in patent registration costs for all recognised education institutions

This 80 percent fee reduction will apply to all recognised educational institutions, public and private, irrespective of whether these institutions are situated in India or anywhere in the world.

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New update in Indian trademark law

The sudden boom in home-delivered goods and services triggered an increasing number of counterfeit products in this market. Major concerns were raised regarding, in particular, products that might be harmful to the consumer´s health and safety, such as counterfeit masks and sanitary material.

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New publications

Importance of patent data and challenges in accessing Indian patent data by EU applicants

Traditionally, patent databases were used for mainly two reasons: conducting prior art searches to determine the novelty of any invention prior to filing a patent application, and to conduct freedom-to-operate (FTO) studies, discover the different utilities that go beyond their standard use.

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Upcoming events

European SMEs on the road to India: intellectual property, business opportunities and challenges

The webinar is organised by the Polish Chamber of Commerce, together with the India IP SME Helpdesk and in collaboration with the Business Support to the EU-India Policy Dialogues.

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15/09/2021 - 15/09/2021

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Livestream

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How to enter the Indian market?

The Indian market is attractive for exporters because of the development prospects, which in some scenarios give it the position of the world's second largest economy in the future. A market with a population of over a billion, however, is demanding. It is worth getting acquainted with its peculiarities during this webinar organized by the Pomeranian Development Agency.

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23/09/2021 - 23/09/2021

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Livestream

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Pomeranian Development Agency

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Indo-Dutch Virtual Mission on Digital Key Enabling Technologies for Societal Challenges

The goal of the event is to facilitate Indo-Dutch collaboration on Digital Key Enabling Technologies for societal challenges by offering an insight in local challenges, market information and expanding participants' network.

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13/09/2021 - 15/09/2021

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Livestream

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