Kerala Govt. approves IPR policy

Kerala Government on Saturday approved a state-specific Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) policy seeking to protect traditional knowledge and inventions. Disclosing this after a Cabinet meeting, Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan claimed that Kerala was the first state in the country to bring out such a policy. The crux of the policy was to protect and preserve the intellectual properties of the people 'which were under assault in the context of globalisation and liberalisation', he said. A supervisory committee with Chief Minister as Chairman and Law Minister as Convener would be formed for the implementation of the policy, said. The Government had last year set up a committee to make recommendations on the matter and the draft report was widely discussed among legal experts, scientific community, academics and planners before finalising the policy. By Ms.Bobby Aanand, Metropolitan Jury.

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