Indian Textile Industry: Intellectual Property Rights, Avenues and Enforcement Mechanisms

Being second largest textile consumer in the world and with a young and vibrant population, India provides a huge opportunity for companies to explore, invest and commercialize their products. FDI investments in textile and apparel industry has reached up to $3.75 billion and the industry is said to double in size to $190 bn by 2025-26.

With organized retail landscape (ecommerce), supply chain availability, skilled manpower and a large and growing domestic market and presence of raw materials Indian textile industry is the cusp of the breakthrough. Given the market size, the demographics and the textile industry landscape, Intellectual property plays a vital role to protect and valorize the brand and the products associated.

The session is organized to uprise companies about intellectual property landscape, commercializing avenues available, and enforcement mechanisms in India.

What you can expect

1. Introduction to Indian Textile Market
2. An overview of the intellectual property rights available.
3. Enforcement of intellectual property rights on online and offline markets.
4. Specific answers to your queries.

Agenda:

10:00 - Indian Textile Industry: Intellectual Property Rights, Avenues and Enforcement Mechanisms.

Latha Nair. Partner and Chair of Trademarks practice, K&S Partners.

Anupam Trivedi. Partner, K&S Partners.

Girish Somawarpet Nagraj. India IP SME Helpdesk, IP Expert.

10:55 Q&A with IP experts

11:05 End of session