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Startup India, Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Benefits & SIPP Scheme

DPIIT / Startup India · Government of India (startupindia.gov.in) Free Intermediate India

The official explainer of the concrete money DPIIT-recognised startups get on IP, an 80% patent-fee rebate, 50% trademark-fee rebate, and government-paid facilitators. This is the single best reason to get DPIIT recognition early if you'll file anything, and it comes straight from the source, not a paid-service blog.

  • DPIIT-recognised startups get an 80% rebate on patent filing fees and 50% on trademark filing fees.
  • Under SIPP, the government bears the facilitator's professional fees, you pay only statutory charges.
  • Fast-track patent examination lets startups realise the value of their IP far sooner.
  • Recognition is the gate to all of it, register on the Startup India portal before filing.
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It answers 4 questions

  1. Trademark vs patent vs copyright, which one do I actually need?
  2. How do I check if my brand name is free, and how do I trademark it in India?
  3. I'm DPIIT-recognised, what IP benefits does Startup India actually give me?
  4. How do I claim R&D and innovation support (patent fee rebates, SIDBI, technology development funds) beyond the headline grants?

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