The year 2018 witnessed several progressive changes to
India's patent landscape. This article aims to highlight key
developments that depict the progressive approach taken by the
Indian government towards intellectual property rights (IPR) in
2018. One of the most promising advances has been to create a
balance between knowledge creation and spreading awareness.
In the past year, a lot of IP awareness programmes were
organized by the Indian government, for example, in association
with research organizations, universities and industry
associations. Cell for IPR Promotion and Management (CIPAM), which
is a professional body under the aegis of Department for Promotion
of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), formerly the Department of
Industrial Policy and Promotion, regularly organized events on
issues related to IPR, aiming to tread closer to the objectives of
the national IPR policy.
