The efforts made by the Government to strengthen the processes that help creation of Intellectual Property Rights in India are as under:
(i) A scheme of Modernisation of Intellectual Property offices at a cost of Rs.153.00 crore was implemented during the 9th and 10th Five Year Plans for Infrastructure development, computerization, human resource development and training and awareness.
(ii) Four new integrated Intellectual Property Offices were set up in Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai and Mumbai.
(iii) Work for the setting up of the National Institute of Intellectual Property Management at Nagpur has commenced.
(iv) E-filing of Patent applications has been made operational with effect from 20th July, 2007.
(v) Seminars/Conferences/Workshops at national and international level have been organized for creating awareness and promotion of Intellectual Property Rights.
Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) have been signed between India and France, United States of America, United Kingdom, European Patent Office, Japan, Switzerland and Germany for cooperation in the field of Intellectual Property Rights.
(vi) This information was given by Dr. Ashwani Kumar, Minister of State for Industry, in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha.
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