Technology and Innovation Support Center (TISC)

Technology and Innovation Support Center (TISC)

Question: WIPO headquarters is located at-
(a)Geneva
(b)New York
(c)Vienna
(d)St Petersburg
Ans: (a)
Related Facts:-

  • India’s second Technology and Innovation Support Center (TISC) will be established at the Centre for Intellectual Property Rights (CIPR), Anna University, Chennai.
  • In this regard the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP), Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India, has signed an Institutional agreement with Anna University on November 8, 2017.
  • This center is being setup under the World Intellectual Property Organization’s (WIPO) TISC program.
  • WIPO’s Technology and Innovation Support Center (TISC) program provides innovators in developing countries with access to locally based, high quality technology information and related services.
  • It also helps them to exploit their innovative potential and to create, protect, and manage their Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs)
  • Over 500 TISCs operate worldwide and establishing a TISC in India will give the host institutions access to the global network
  • The objective of the TISC is to stimulate a dynamic, vibrant and balanced Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) system in India to foster creativity and innovation, thereby promoting entrepreneurship and enhancing social, economic and cultural development
  • CIPR has an experience of filing more than 185 Patents, 29 Trademarks, 39 Copyrights, 25 Industrial Design and has also assisted in filing 12 International Patent Applications.
  • TISC will give a boost to knowledge sharing, sharing of best methods among the TISCs, capacity building, evolution and commercialization of Intellectual Properties

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