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

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