The awards won are UPL wins National IP Award -2020 and WIPO IP Enterprises Trophy
UPL, the global provider of sustainable agriculture products and solutions, has received National Intellectual Property Award for the year 2020 in the category ’Top Public /Private Limited Company for Patents & Commercialization in India: Manufacturing Sector.’ There were 11 categories of National IP Awards and the Minister of Commerce & Industry, Piyush Goyal presented the award at a virtual event recently.
Additionally, the Geneva-based World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) along with Intellectual Property Office, India have also conferred the ’WIPO IP Enterprises Trophy’ to UPL.
National Intellectual Property (IP) Awards are conferred by the Office of Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks (CGPDTM), Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India, to outstanding innovators, organisations and companies in the field of patents, designs, trademarks and geographical indications.
Rajnikant Shroff, CMD, UPL India said, “At UPL, we are proud to put farmers’ needs first and create products and services around their requirements. Our relentless focus on innovation has helped us to launch new products every year. UPL holds over 1,400 granted patents and has about 2,900 pending applications for inventions that satisfy farmers’
needs across geographies.”
