The GIPC is working to improve India’s patent laws to enhance the business environment for rights holders, as well as improve the welfare of Indian patients, consumers, and workers.  The GIPC, in partnership with the Chamber’s U.S.-India Business Council, is engaging with government officials and all other stakeholders in a series of initiatives designed to create a genuine innovation ecosystem in India.  Our Coalition for Healthy India  brings together patient advocates, scientists and researchers, the business community, non-governmental organizations, and medical professionals to ensure that Indian patients have access to the best treatments and cures.  A long-standing partnership with the George Washington University School of Law and the Confederation of Indian Industry allows us to launch programs aimed at fostering interaction and the sharing of best practices between senior judges, academics and patent office officials in both countries.  All of these activities are bolstered by a robust research program and communications strategy.

Past activities include: hosting, in partnership with the Confederation of Indian Industry, the U.S. Chamber's 2nd Annual Global Intellectual Property Forum in Mumbai, India; pharmaceutical anti-counterfeiting seminars held in partnership with the U.S. Department of Commerce, CII, and OPPI in New Delhi; IP enforcement training seminars in Bangalore and New Delhi led by U.S. and Indian law enforcement officials in partnership with CII and the National Association of Software and Service Companies (NASSCOM); an entertainment-focused IPR-roundtable led by then-U.S. Under Secretary of Commerce Franklin L. Lavin in Mumbai, India; and a partnership with CII, George Washington University's Law School, and India's Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion to hold multi-city conferences and training sessions aimed at building India's capacity to enforce IPR.  The GIPC and USIBC also founded the "Bollywood-Hollywood Initiative", bringing together U.S. and Indian stakeholders to focus on issues of mutual concern such as optical disc piracy, counterfeiting, and cable theft.  In 2008, our “Bollywood-Hollywood Initiative” released a first-in-kind study which identified the losses caused to India's entertainment industry. The report, prepared by Ernst & Young, quantified the losses in India alone at 4 billion USD and 800,000 jobs per year.

 

Resources

• 5th Summit of the U.S.-India High Technology Cooperation Group
• USIBC President Ron Somers' Inaugural Remarks February 2007
• U.S.-India Business Council Newsletter February 2007 Edition
• U.S.-India High Technology Cooperation Group Recommendations February 2007
• April 2007 - Drug Information Association (DIA) Conference on Clinical Research and Product Registration of Biopharmaceuticals/Vaccines in India and China

Related Links

• U.S. - India Business Council
• Coalition for Healthy India
• The Government of India's National Informatics Centre
• Office of the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks
• Embassy of the United States in New Delhi, India