Israel cautions India on Intellectual Property related issues while committing to ‘share’ tech and knowhow for ‘Make in India’ success

Israel’s Ambassador to India Naor Gilon, at an event at the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said that he got three serious complaints from Israeli companies about IP problems in India

As India and Israel prepare for a Free Trade Agreement (FTA), Israel’s envoy to India has expressed his country’s desire “to share” technology and know-how for the success of New Delhi’s flagship programme ‘Make in India’, but at the same time expressed concerns over violation of Intellectual Property norms.

Naor Gilon, Israel’s Ambassador to India, said in Jerusalem on June 29 that “we are all interested in ‘Make in India’ and we see an immense potential for cooperation with India”.

Mr. Gilon, at an event at the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said that he got three serious complaints from Israeli companies about IP problems in India.

“And this is my only recommendation for India — you want to do ‘Make in India’ and I think two-three weeks ago during our Defence Minister’s visit to India during the meeting with Prime Minister [Narendra] Modi, all we talked about was ‘Make in India’.

“We are all interested in ‘Make in India’ and we see an immense potential for cooperation with India,” he said.

“The combination of Israeli technology and Indian technology and your capacity of manufacturing and your ability to do sales around the world in many more countries than we can do because you have much wider diplomatic relations around the world, especially in Muslim countries. The potential is huge. And Israel is very much looking forward to ‘Make in India’.

“We are ready to share but I must say very clearly that this IP problem will be a problem,” he said.