Indian Intellectual Property Seminar Report

On 25th and 26th November 2006, a seminar "Emerging importance of Intellectual Property Rights In: INDIA - Global Perspective" was held in Ahmedabad*, India by MarkPatent Org. supported by some public organizations of Gujarat State.

The Comissionor of the Patent Office at Mumbai, Court judges of Gujarat State, CEO's of well-known companies and foreign speakers from USA, Italy, China and Japan had a lively discussion on present state and problem of IP in India and international trends.

Mr. Kiyoshi Kuzuwa, Patent Attorney, Head of KUZUWA & PARTNERS, was invited to the seminar as a speaker from Japan. He gave a presentation on the pharmaceutical patent practice in USPTO, EPO and JPO entitled "Care required to draft pharma patent & prosecution of pharma patents" from the practitioner's point of view.

The seminar got about 70 participants such as business people, IP related people, Patent Attorneys etc. and showed a growing interest in IP in India.

In late years, India actively and intensively works toward infrastructure improvement concurrently with proliferation of high-tech industries such as IT and biotechnology, introduction of foreign investment, development of legal systems such as IP etc., and became one of the most remarkable countries, which has a very rapid growth rate.

* Ahmedabad (also spelled Ahmadabad and in local language it's known as Amdavad): is the sixth largest city (pop. 6.5 millions) on India. It is the commercial hub of the state of Gujarat, though it is not the capital, which is Gandhinagar, 30 km to the north. Although it is not very well known as a "Tourist" place, it is certainly worth a visit. Actually, the fact that there are fewer tourists, will often get you a nicer welcome here.
(excerpt from "Ahmedabad" From Wikitravel)