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KSCSTE to frame IPRs policy

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: In a move aimed at boosting grassroots-level innovation and promoting technology development, the Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment (KSCSTE) has decided to formulate a policy on Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs).

The first meeting of the advisory committee on IPRs under the council here on Tuesday decided to frame the policy in tune with the national and state policies.

The committee chaired by A. Damodaran, Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Bangalore, recommended steps to make patent filing easy for students, researchers and grassroots-level innovators. It proposed the appointment of a Patent Attorney to simplify the filing procedures. The committee decided to focus on the protection of traditional knowledge systems in Kerala. Another major proposal was to appoint nodal officers in all the districts to reach out to the public. A special scheme to protect the Geographical Indications (GI) of the State like the Aranmula mirror or the Malabar pepper species is to b e framed for IPRs protection.

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