Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) and Punjab State Council of Science and Technology signed the agreement to establish India’s first Technology and Innovation Support Center (TISC) at Patent Information Centre, Punjab, under the WIPO.

The goal of Technology and Innovation Support center is to motivate the IPR system in India to encourage the creativity, innovation and promoting entrepreneurship. TISC will provide the high quality technology information and related services and also to help innovators to exploit their innovative potential and to create, protect, and manage their Intellectual Property Rights.

The following services will be offered by TISC,

Online patent and non-patent (scientific and technical) resources,

IP-related publications, assistance in searching and retrieving technology information,

Database search training, on-demand searches (novelty, state-of-the-art and infringement), monitoring technology and competitors,

Basic Information of industrial property laws, management and strategy and technology commercialization and marketing.

The Author is a Patent Specialist from MR Technollect Solutions (www.MRTechnollect.com)