Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has sent out a message to all its laboratories to avoid filing of patents without appropriate techno-commercial evaluation. In order to align the IP strategy of CSIR with the priorities of socio-economic development including escalating costs of patent filings, this message was sent to exercise utmost due diligence in filing of patents. CSIR has taken following steps to put in place an appropriate system:

(i) Establishment of IP Directorate at CSIR to analyze IP (Intellectual Property) life cycle from generation to exploitation.

(ii) Preparation of standard operating procedures (SOP) and guidelines for evaluation of inventions in alignment with National IPR Policy.

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