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The following dignitary visited us on 9th March 2006 1. Mr. HITOSHI AMANO, Director IP Department, JETRO, Bangkok 2. Mr. HIROKAZU NAKANO, Deputy. Director, Regional Policy Office, International Affairs Division, Japan Patent Office Mr. HITOSHI KATO, Associate Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, Patent Examiner, Japan Patent Office
The status of Intellectual Property Rights in India from users’ point of view was discussed.
Highlights of the discussion were That there are sufficient legal provisions for protection to IPR but the machinery to enforce the same needs to be strengthened.
	India is ripe for joining Madrid Protocol in view of consistency by the Trade Marks Registry to keep the backlog of not more than 6 months in issuing the objections to the registration, which is well within the time granted under the Madrid Protocol. The infrastructure of the Trade Marks Registry needs to be strengthened & officers are to be provided adequate training in international registration of Trade Marks.
India is ripe for joining Madrid Protocol in view of consistency by the Trade Marks Registry to keep the backlog of not more than 6 months in issuing the objections to the registration, which is well within the time granted under the Madrid Protocol. The infrastructure of the Trade Marks Registry needs to be strengthened & officers are to be provided adequate training in international registration of Trade Marks.

Updation USA has joined Madrid Protocol in 2003 WIPO has now reduced fees for registration of application for registrants emanating from least developed countries. This is a healthy sign. It would be another good gesture from WIPO to encourage registration from Individuals & Partnership Firms, if the fees are further reduced. It may be mentioned that large numbers of applications for registrations in India are from individuals & Partnership Firms. It will be a boon for Indian applicants if registrants fees are reduced for single proprietor & Partnership Firms.

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