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AIC Pinnacle in association with the Ministry of MSME has organized a National level ‘IP Rights Yatra’ in Pune
Pune, February 6, 2024: AIC Pinnacle Entrepreneurship Forum in association with the Ministry of MSME has organized the National Intellectual Property (IP) Rights Yatra at Pune to create awareness and support MSMEs on Intellectual Property Rights (IPR). This IP yatra has been arranged on Saturday, 17 February 2024 between 10 am to 6 pm at MCCIA Auditorium, Senapati Bapat Road, Pune.
National IP Yatra, is an initiative of the Ministry of MSME, that aims to boost IP culture among MSME. It focuses on raising awareness about IPRs, fostering creative endeavors, protecting ideas and innovations, and empowering MSMEs with the latest technology to integrate IPR into their business strategies for improved capabilities and enforcement. It aims to boost IP filings across sectors by providing legal and IPR filing support. It connects MSME with Intellectual property facilitation centers nationwide. The initiative helps innovators by offering them platforms to showcase creative activity, while providing incentives, guidance, funding, and support through MSME programs. The goal is to strengthen entrepreneurship and lead the MSMEs to become champions through exploiting their IP Portfolio.
This IP Yatra offers MSMEs a wealth of benefits, including strategic guidance, valuable networking opportunities, insights into legal and intellectual property rights, avenues for market expansion, optimization of resources, and the resolution of counterfeiting and infringement issues through engaging sessions and panel discussions.
The sessions during IP Yatra will cover an array of topics, those are Global Perspectives on IP: Identifying IP, Issues, Challenges, Opportunities, and Solutions, Protecting Your Brand: Strategies for Brand, Data & Trade Secret Protection and Counterfeiting Measures, International Practices on IPR: Insights from International Organizations, Impact of IPR on Business Growth: Understanding IP Filings & Procedures and the Legal Framework, Intellectual Property as a Tool for Business Growth and Competitiveness, Addressing False Advertising, Infringement Issues, and challenges faced, Monetization of Intellectual Property for startups and MSMEs & MSME Innovative Scheme for IP Expense Reimbursement and ASIC’s role as IPFC
Senior officials from the Ministry of MSME, New Delhi, other senior government officials, Senior IP practicing professionals, advocates, successful startups, and entrepreneurs. Dr. Sudhir Mehta (Chairman – Pinnacle Industries Ltd.), Satish Kumar (Asst. Director IPR, DCMSME, New Delhi), Dr. KS Kardam (Retd. Sr. Jt. Controller of Patents) will be guests for inaugurating the event. Some of the speakers include Dr. Nitin Tewari (NCL), Dr. BP Singh (Former Chairman In-Charge & Technical Member-Patents), Dr. Mohan Dewan, Shridhar Parundekar, Swapnil Sanap, Vedant Pujari, Ajit Raul, Shailendra Bhandare, Ms. Rujuta Mehendale Phadke, Ms. Arti Bhatnagar & Ms. Sudha Kannan.
Chairman of AIC Pinnacle Entrepreneurship Forum, Dr. Sudhir Mehta on this occasion said “While the country is focusing on various national and international level priorities and schemes, Bharat has the potential to emerge as a strong innovator. To promote and support Innovation, the Ministry of MSME has taken a much-needed step in creating IP Facilitation Centres across the nation. We are proud to be a part of this support initiative. We have already supported a large number of MSMEs for patents, trademarks, Design, and copyright filing. We aim to support at least 100 more IPR filings in the year 2024.”
We appeal to the MSME, the IPR professionals, Design professionals, Scientists, startups, lawyers, and students to participate in the National Level IP Yatra specially organized to support them, he added. Registration for the National IP Yatra is free of cost. Interested MSMEs and professionals can register for the event by filling in the registration form on www.aic-pinnacle.org or by sending a WhatsApp message to AIC Pinnacle at 9307305181, he mentioned.
