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TPM has largely served Indian Producers in protecting their interests from cheap priced imports. TPM has defended the interests of the Indian industry and also the foreign exporters in the investigations conducted in India and by other investigating authorities in the World. TPM has also represented Indian Industry in Safeguards investigations. Subsidization of goods results from the Governmental Practices, in which Government confers an advantage to domestic producers or exporters involving a financial contribution by the Government. Generalized System of Preferences GSP is a formal system of exemption from the more general rules of the World Trade Organization. It is a benefit where the exports may be made duty-free in the country granting GSP. The Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) is a program designed to promote economic growth in the developing world by providing preferential duty-free entry for various eligible products from designated beneficiary countries and territories. Currently the GSP is available from Japan, United States of America and Europe. GSP is not available if the exports from the beneficiary country to the country granting GSP exceed the prescribed limits (Competition Need Limitation). Beneficiary country may apply for a waiver of Competition Need Limitation anytime before the export exceeds the prescribed limits. TPM provides the below-mentioned services in GSP. 1.) Application for including a product in the list of eligible products. In an endeavor to cover all the dimensions of trade protection, we also provide services in the field of intellectual Property rights. TPM has the requisite expertise and is well positioned to provide legal and procedural services relating to trademarks and copyright. The firm advises on all aspects of Intellectual Property related services among its special areas of expertise. The intellectual property rights include: Trademark: 1.) Trade mark search Copyright: 1.) Registration, assignment, infringement of a copyright Patents: 1.) Validation of the Application TPM also assists the industry by providing the valuable information like whether there is or can be a possible threat of injury to industry by monitoring the imports and whether the industry should approach the anti dumping department for the levy of the Anti dumping duty. After the antidumping duty has been levied, TPM also provides service on the monitoring of imports. It helps in identifying whether any circumvention is happening or whether the imports are coming even after the levy of antidumping duty. |