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Strengthening Innovation: Kerala’s Vision for IPR and TK
- A committee has been formed to revise Kerala's 2008 IP and TK policy after 17 years, with a draft 2025 policy being prepared.
- Key recommendations of the draft 2025 Policy include promoting industrial development, research, public-private partnership, and protecting traditional knowledge systems in Kerala.
- The policy aims to institutionalize IPR literacy in education, set up an IPR Academy, and establish IPR Cells and IP Management Committees in educational and research institutions.
- It addresses uncertainties in IP ownership from externally funded research, fortifies the economic and social effects of Geographical Indications (GIs), and proposes 'Mission IPR' for intellectual property administration in the state.
- The draft Policy envisions enhanced innovation, IP protection, benefit sharing, IPR education, and commercialization of inventions in Kerala.
- It introduces the concept of a Traditional Knowledge Docketing System (TKDS) to safeguard traditional knowledge, establish knowledge societies for TK protection, and proposes sui generis legislation for ethical recognition of TK.
- By comparing the 2025 draft policy with the 2008 IPR Policy, the shifts in focus from community-based governance to formal IPR frameworks and innovation promotion are highlighted.
- The 2025 draft policy emphasizes IPR education, commercialization, and branding under Geographical Indications (GIs), while the 2008 policy focused on communal access, avoiding privatization of TK, and traditional knowledge ownership.
- Both policies represent contrasting but convergent strategies for innovation and heritage protection within Kerala's development framework.
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