Bhavya Bose, School of Law, Bennett University, Greater Noida
ABSTRACT
The Indian government’s idea of research and development and technology development through ‘Make in India’ and ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’ has gained a significant light to strengthen Intellectual Property Rights (IPR). IPR is linked closely to the preservation of new discoveries and advances in various fields, mainly in the area of science and technology, which contributes towards both national strategy and meet societal aspirations. Numerous projects have been launched in the country to better comprehend the significant ramifications of IPR for national scientific, technical, and economic growth, as well as to create the ability to efficiently manage IPR in order to optimize total economic advantages. Where developed countries like China and USA are enforcing and pressurizing to make laws and policies in consideration to IPR surrounding national security, the developing nations like India whose R&D is talked in whole world should step up. The paper tends to highlight how IPR issues relate to national security of a country and can even pose a threat during crisis in certain situations. IPR helps to closely relate to the national security of living and non-living creatures inside one territory specially threats like hacking, fraud, trade secret threat and data leakage which can just not affect economic competitiveness but also pose a risk. This paper shows the shaping of IPR in maintaining national security regulated by the legal framework as well as policies in India.
Keywords: National Security, piracy, cybersecurity, Intellectual property, Defense R&D, Paris Convention, TRIPS
