The Indian Government announced the global intellectual property regimes will encourage the use of Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) flexibilities before the start of the 26th session of the Standing Committee on the Law of Patents (SCP) at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Geneva.

Secretary of permanent mission of India, Sumit Seth said that the harmonizing patent laws across countries having vast differences in economy, industrial and scientific development only creates concentration of IP assets with certain regions but does not help developing countries and Least developed countries.

And also he said that the fundamental objective of Patent office should be rightful grants and improve the quality of Patent System as a whole which infuses the protection of public interest by filtering out frivolous patents and ever-greening policies for patenting incremental innovations without substantial improvement would have adverse impact on delivery of healthcare services.

The author is a Patent specialist from MR Technollect Solutions (www.MRTechnollect.com)