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The Government’s Incentives forIP Protection in India
IP Collegium Meeting
March 02, 2023

Dr. Ramesh Kumar
General Manager & Head-IPM
Tirupati Group, India

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Executive Summary▪ The presentation includes below content✓Government of India Support for Higher Education Institutions (HEIs)✓Government of India Support for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises(MSME)✓Government of India Support for Startup India

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Higher Education Institutions (HEIs)

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Kalam Program for IP Literacy and Awareness (KAPILA)▪ Recognise, facilitate and felicitate the Intellectual Property, innovations, and bestpractices in Higher Education Institutions (HEIs)▪ IPR Courses to cater the requirements of students at UG, PG and PhD level and togive freedom to institutes and universities to cover breadth and depth of the subject▪ Provides financial assistance to the institutions that are part of the HEIs
▪ Funding Assistance upto 5600 INR per application for patent filing▪ patents filed from 15th October 2021 onwards are eligible for KAPILA scheme▪ Only convener of the KAPILA Committee can register their institute and submit
applications on behalf of the applicant’s not an individual.
▪ KAPILA committee is minimum five membered committee consisting of two faculty
members, two of the institute’s alumni/ industry experts and one legal advisor.
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Kalam Program for IP Literacy and Awareness (KAPILA)▪ Maximum 20 shortlisted applications per year evaluated at institute level by KAPILA
committee can be submitted to the KAPILA scheme and 50 % of the total shortlisted
application is funded on reimbursement mode.
▪ Funding for patent application filing fee and examination fee for a maximum of 10patent application only.
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Scheme to fund 10,000 patents/year▪ Government to launch scheme to fund 10000 patents every year from educationalinstitutions▪ To encourage more students and faculty members to protect their IPR▪ To help Indian higher education institutions to improve their rankings globally by
performing well in research and development category .
▪ Funding will be provided by UGC for 10000 patent applications annually.

▪ The funding may support from filing of patent till maintenance fee payment▪ New amended PhD regulation further recommends students and faculty to patent
their innovations▪ expedited examination facility is available if applicant is a female
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Micro, Small and Medium
Enterprises(MSME)

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What is a Small Entity?
An entity shall be considered as a Small Entity if it meets the following criteria:
1. The investment in plant and machinery, or equipment does not exceed INR 50 crore(USD 6.8 million); and2. The annual turnover is not more than INR 250 crore (USD 34 million)

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National Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Policy▪ aims to simplify the patenting procedure▪ reduces the average time taken to examine a patent from 5 years to 18 months.
▪ gives financial assistance on grant of patent and registration of GI & trademark:✓Domestic Patent: INR 1 lakhs✓Foreign Patent: INR 5 lakhs✓GI Registration: INR 2 lakhs✓Trademark: INR 0.10 lakhs▪ upto INR 65 lakhs per centre is available for setting up an IP Facilitation Centre▪ reductions in fees and discounts such as an 80% rebate on patent fees

▪ expedited examination facility is available

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GoI funding support for❖Conducting awareness programmes on IPR : Rs.1 lakh per programme❖Conducting pilot studies for selected clusters/Groups of industries : Rs.2.5 lakh

per pilot study❖Interactive Seminars/Workshops : Rs.2 lakh per programme❖GoI assistance of Rs.6 lakh per short term training programme and Rs.45 lakh perlong term training❖Up to Rs.5.00 lakh and Rs.7.50 per event for domestic intervention andInternational Exchange Programme
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Startup India▪ a flagship initiative of the GOI▪ objective is to catalyse startup culture and build a strong and inclusive ecosystem forinnovation and entrepreneurship in India▪ launched on 16th January 2016 and a total of 80,152 startups recognized▪ 108 startup have become unicorn and India is 3rd in world in terms of no. of unicorn.

▪ of 19 action plan to support startups one is Legal Support and Fast-tracking Patent
Examination at Lower Costs▪ The scheme for Startup Intellectual Property Protection (SIPP) to facilitate✓ Fast-tracking of Startup patent applications✓ Panel of facilitators to assist in filing of IP applications✓ Government to bear facilitation cost
✓ Rebate on filing of application (80%)
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25000

20160

Number of Startups

20000

19500

14596

15000
11417
10000

8775

5233
5000

471
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2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

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Scheme for Facilitating Start-Ups Intellectual Property Protection (SIPP)▪ It is envisaged to facilitate protection of Patents, Trademark and Designs ofinnovative and interested Startups.
▪ Its vision is to protect and promote Intellectual Property Rights of Startups toencourage innovation and creativity among them.
▪ Its objective is to promote awareness and adoption of Intellectual Property Rights
amongst Startups.

▪ Scheme assists them in protecting and commercializing innovative and emerging
technologies by providing them access to high-quality IP services and resources.
▪ Scheme provides fund for purpose of paying the facilitator/patent agent/ trademark
agent for filing and prosecuting their IP application.
▪ expedited examination facility is available
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Scheme for Facilitating Start-Ups Intellectual Property Protection (SIPP)
Fees of Facilitators (Figures in INR)

▪ As on 30 September 2022, INR 380.81 Lakhs disbursed as fees to the facilitators▪ Statutory fees is borne by the Startup itself.
▪ Patent applications by Startups increases from 179 in 2016-17 to 1500 in 2021-22▪ Trademark applications by Startups increases from 4 in 2016-17 to 8649 in 2021-22▪ Till Oct 2022, 7430 patent and 28749 Trademark applications filed by Startups
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Patent reimbursement by State Governments▪ Many state governments in India have a Startup Cell.
▪ These cells actively support startups and provide knowledge, incentives, and funding▪ Many state governments also encourage startups to file patents by reimbursing thecost of filing patents.
▪ Karnataka Startup Cell gives several financial incentives.
▪ Karnataka Startup Cell reimburse up to INR 2 lakh for every granted Indian patentand INR 10 lakh for a foreign patent.
▪ 75% of this reimbursement after filing and the remaining after the grant of patent▪ Similar schemes are available in many states

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Thank You!