Intellectual Property in India: how we can helpMartins, Building, LiverpoolTuesday 18 September 2007
Jane LambertBarrister
Dreaming with BRICs
• Paper by Jim O’Neill, Chief Economist Goldman Sachs
• By 2050 Indian economy is likely to rise from 12th or 13th place with GDP of about US$900 billion to 3rd or even 2nd US$27.8 trillion at 2003 dollar values
Dreaming with BRICs
• Explosive increase in demand for goods and services by Indian business and consumers
• Phenomenal opportunities for investors from around the world
• Massive competitor to EU, USA and Japan
If O’Neill is right:
• West will cease to call the shots in governance of world trade, access to energy and security as world evolves from uni- to multi-polar model
• Increasing competition for scarce energy and other resources
If O’Neill is right
• Rising energy costs and environmental concerns could induce revival of basic manufacturing in West - but
• Highly educated Indian work force could challenge West’s high tech manufacturing and service industries
How to take Advantage of Opportunities and respond to ChallengesInvest in India:
• not only in Indian equities
• devolve some business functions to India
• Sam Palmisano, Chair and CEO of IBM – integrate devolved functions with rest of business
How to take Advantage of Opportunities and respond to ChallengesBusiness will require innovative and creative legal solutions in India and UK
• branding
• licensing
• corporate law
• taxation
• employment
This is where we come in
• Monitor WTO, IP Treaties and Laws of leading industrial countries such as India as well as EU and UK
• Connections with lawyers and other IP professionals around the world
... thereby enabling us to
• interpret foreign law to you and our law to your partners and their advisors
• introduce you to reliable professional colleagues in every country
... thereby enabling us to
• advise on compliance with EU and UK law and negotiate and draft terms that ensure compliance
• assist you to enforce your rights as quickly, cheaply and cost-effectively as possible.
Any Questions Jane LambertnipcThe Media Centre7 Northumberland StreetHuddersfieldHD1 1RL
Tel 0870 990 5081
www.nipclaw.com
