National Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Policy

1) The Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) performs which of the following functions?

a) Regulation of IPRs
b) Ensuring Stringent IP enforcement.
c) Fast track examination of patent claims.
d) All of the above

2) Which of the following provisions is/are not included under the National Intellectual Property Rights Policy?

a) Retaining the right to issue compulsory license.
b) 'Ever-greening' of drug patents has been liberalized.
c) Both a and b
d) Neither a nor b

3) The global report on state of IPR protection and enforcement by the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) is also known as :

a) Special 301
b) IPR-365
c) USTR-193
d) None of the above

4) What is 'Compulsory License' ?

a) Under this the government allows someone else to produce a patented product or process though with the consent of the patent owner.

b) Under this the government allows someone else to produce a patented product or process without the consent of the patent owner.

c) Under this the government allows someone else to produce a patented product or process with the consent of WTO.

d) Under this the government allows someone else to produce a patented product or process though with the consent of the patent owner and WTO

Answers :

1) d, DIPP is under Ministry of Commerce and Industry.
2) b
3) a , The report has placed India on its ' Priority Watch List'
4) b