• Joint studies on specific intellectual property issues;
• Exchange of experiences and best practices regarding the raising of public awareness on the role of intellectual property rights;
• Discuss strategies aimed at preventing the manufacture, distribution, sale and consumption of counterfeit and pirated products as well as at raising public awareness of the damages caused by counterfeit and pirated products;
• Exchange of experience and dialogue on cooperation in the area of protection of geographical indications;
• Exchange of experience and dialogue on cooperation in the area of protection of traditional knowledge.
Both sides agreed that the Joint Committee would meet once a year in India or Switzerland alternately. India has already entered into bilateral cooperation agreements on Intellectual Property Rights with United Kingdom, France, European Patent Office, United States Patent and Trademark Office and Japan Patent Office.
The cooperation as per these agreements is in the areas of capacity building, human resource development and public awareness programmes. Matters such as legislation, policy and enforcement are outside the purview of these cooperation instruments.
India has also recently modernised its Intellectual Property administrative set up with the establishment of new integrated modern offices.
Shri Kamal Nath launched the e-filing facility for patent and trademark applications last month. With near about 29,000 patent applications and more than one lakh trademark applications, the Indian intellectual property office is one of the major IP offices of the world.
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