With reference to the ‘National Intellectual Property Rights Policy’, consider the following statements :
- 1.It reiterates India’s commitment to the Doha Development Agenda and the TRIPS Agreement.
- 2.Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion is the nodal agency for regulating intellectual property rights in India.
Which of the above statements is/are correct ?
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Answer: C. Statement 1 is correct: the National IPR Policy of May 2016 restates India's commitment to the Doha Development Agenda and the TRIPS Agreement. Statement 2 is correct: the policy made the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) the nodal department for IPR in India (as of 2017; DIPP was renamed DPIIT in 2019). So both 1 and 2.
Watch for: Watch for statement 2. Students think copyright still sat with another ministry, but after 2016 copyright and semiconductor designs also moved to DIPP.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. Wrong because the policy also named DIPP as the nodal agency.
- B. Wrong because the policy does reaffirm Doha and TRIPS.
- D. Wrong because both statements are true.
Source to check: National Intellectual Property Rights Policy, 2016 (dpiit.gov.in); PIB release of 13 May 2016
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