Abstract

Small and Medium sized enterprise(SMEs) play a prominent role in socio- development of economy. As we know challenge in the countries with large population of employment. Our government is doing every possible step to make people self-reliant. We are witnessing growth in SMEs. But we find yet is to be done. And the fruits of hard work are yet to be reap by the SMEs. IN this context the role of IPR become significant in giving full benefit to the SMEs. In the present paper we will study the meaning and importance of IPR to SMEs and the challenges before SMEs in IPR.

Key words: Small and Medium sized enterprise(SMEs), Intellectual Property Rights(IPR), World intellectual property organisation(WIPO)