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Top Innovative Economies In Asia Sign First Industrial Property Cooperation To Spur Innovation Ecosystem
Issued: October 04 2016The innovation capabilities of businesses in India and Singapore could soon benefit from closer bilateral relations and collaborations in the area of industrial property.
On a working visit to India this week, Singapore’s Prime Minister Mr. Lee Hsien Loong, together with India’s Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, witnessed the signing of a milestone Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) and the Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion (DIPP). This is the two countries’ first bilateral MoU on industrial property cooperation.
Under the MoU, a Joint Coordination Committee (JCC) will be established, which will facilitate bilateral exchanges and cooperation to foster innovation, and support Indian companies in tapping on Singapore as a regional intellectual property hub for their innovation-related activities. The two agencies will:
Exchange best practices, experiences and knowledge on industrial property awareness, initiatives and programmes
Exchange personnel to deepen industrial property capabilities
Organise industrial property events with and/or for the larger industrial property community, including members from academia and research & development institutions
Cooperate on modernisation projects, such as IT systems to better manage industrial property processes
Train local industrial property and business communities
Brimming with industrial property activities, India is a natural partner for Singapore. India is ranked 9th and 14th worldwide in 2014 in receipts of trade mark and patent applications respectively1. India also had the fastest growth (+82%) in patent grants, increasing from 3,377 in 2013 to 6,153 in 2014. More recently, Singapore and India both earned top spots in their respective regions in the Global Innovation Index (GII) 2016 report released by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).
Secretary of DIPP, Shri Ramesh Abhishek said, “The MoU sets a new milestone between DIPP and IPOS for enhanced cooperation in the field of industrial property to help foster innovation vital for driving economic growth.”
Chief Executive of IPOS, Mr Daren Tang, said, “This MoU reaffirms our mutual commitment towards greater cooperation in supporting the innovation ecosystem. Facilitating the cross-border flow of intellectual property information and skill sets spurs the innovation-driven economy forward, and IPOS is excited to partner businesses in Singapore and India as they pursue innovation locally and beyond.”
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