Launch of Online IPR exchange eases copyrights of poems, films,music
New Delhi.April 04,2013. Micro, Small and Medium
Enterprises (SMEs) in India will now be able to buy or sell their
intellectual Property rights with the help of online IPR Exchange,
which was has been setup by industry body Federation of Indian Micro,
Small and Medium Enterprises (FISME) with support from the British High
Commission was launched in New Delhi on Thursday.
Be it intellectual property rights of Technological
inventions,literary and artistic works, symbols, names,images and
designs or copyrights of poems, films,music,painting or radio or TV
recording,each of them can be traded online on the IPR Exchange set up
by the Federation of Indian Micro,Small and Medium Enterprises
(FISME).
MSME Secretary, Madhav Lal the chief guest inaugurated the launch said,in a 30 million strong sector MSME in a billion plus strong country, we need initiatives that could be scaled up to make appreciable impact.” This is an important initiative where SMEs can buy and sell intellectual property. If you see the number of patents which are being generated in other countries now, including China, and if you compare that with India then we are way behind,” MSME Secretary, Madhav Lal said in his address after the launch of the exchange. He said in a 30 million strong sector in a billion strong country, “We need initiatives that could be scaled up to make appreciable impact.” This online IPR Exchange, the first in India, not only offers a platform to buy or sell IPRs, but would also provide e-vaults duly protected through secure passwords for safe storage of their unique invention, designs, trademark or other creations. It would also help SMEs to assess valuation of their IPRs through a specialised service.
FISME President, D Gandhikumar said, “A business case – evaluating a decision from the perspective of profitability, demands that for the protected Intellectual Property to be bought, sold, assigned or transferred like any other physical property, its value ought to be ascertained through a market-based mechanism. The proposed IPR exchange aims to do just that.” Gandhikumar said FISME is taking more initiatives in the area of IPR. These include consultation programme in the industrial clusters for proprietary technologies and IP audit services
MSME Secretary, Madhav Lal the chief guest inaugurated the launch said,in a 30 million strong sector MSME in a billion plus strong country, we need initiatives that could be scaled up to make appreciable impact.” This is an important initiative where SMEs can buy and sell intellectual property. If you see the number of patents which are being generated in other countries now, including China, and if you compare that with India then we are way behind,” MSME Secretary, Madhav Lal said in his address after the launch of the exchange. He said in a 30 million strong sector in a billion strong country, “We need initiatives that could be scaled up to make appreciable impact.” This online IPR Exchange, the first in India, not only offers a platform to buy or sell IPRs, but would also provide e-vaults duly protected through secure passwords for safe storage of their unique invention, designs, trademark or other creations. It would also help SMEs to assess valuation of their IPRs through a specialised service.
FISME President, D Gandhikumar said, “A business case – evaluating a decision from the perspective of profitability, demands that for the protected Intellectual Property to be bought, sold, assigned or transferred like any other physical property, its value ought to be ascertained through a market-based mechanism. The proposed IPR exchange aims to do just that.” Gandhikumar said FISME is taking more initiatives in the area of IPR. These include consultation programme in the industrial clusters for proprietary technologies and IP audit services
