PATENT OFFICES IN INDIA :
The Office of the Controller General of Patents, Designs & Trade Marks (CGPDTM) comes under the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, Ministry of Commerce and Industry. Of late, the office of the Controller General has also been known as Intellectual Property Office (IPO). The Office is responsible for the administration of Patents Act, 1970, Designs Act, 2000, The Trade Marks Act, 1999 and Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act, 1999 through its Intellectual Property Offices located at Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai and Ahmedabad.
The Office of the Controller General of Patents, Designs & Trade Marks (CGPDTM) is located at Mumbai. The Head Office of the Patent office is at Kolkata and its branch offices are located at Chennai, New Delhi and Mumbai. The Trade Marks registry is at Mumbai and its branches are located in Kolkata, Chennai, Ahmedabad and New Delhi. The Design Office is located at Kolkata in the Patent Office. A Geographical Indications Registry has been established in Chennai to administer the Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act, 1999 under the CGPDTM.
The Controller General supervises the working of the Patents Act, 1970, as amended, the Designs Act, 2000 and the Trade Marks Act, 1999 and also renders advice to the Government on matters relating to these subjects. Mr. P.H. Kurian was the first IAS officer to serve as Controller General. Mr Chaitanaya Prasad has assumed charge as CGPDTM recently.
The Patent information System (PIS) and National Institute of Intellectual Property Management (NIIPM) located at Nagpur also come under the superintendence of CGPDTM. PIS maintains a comprehensive collection of patent specifications and patent related literature on a worldwide basis to meet the need for technological information of various users in R&D establishments, Government Organizations, Industries, Business, Inventors and other users enabling them to take informed business decisions.
National Institute for Intellectual Property Management (NIIPM) as a national centre of excellence for training, management, research, education in the field of Intellectual Property Rights related issues, caters to the training of Examiners of Patents and Designs, Examiners of Trademarks & Geographical Indications, IP Professionals, IP Managers in the country, imparting basic education to user community, government functionaries and stakeholders involved in creation, commercialization and management of intellectual property rights. The institute will also facilitate research on IP related issues including preparation of study reports and policy analysis of relevance to Government. These activities are not addressed to by any other agency in the country at present.
Organizational details of Intellectual Property Office are given below:
