Sayeed Muhammad: Industr-ies Minister Amir Hossain Amu said providing government’s patronisation and support to women in creative innovation will be prioritised in the National Intellectual Property Act. Women’s creativity, intellectuality and innovating power significant for theĀ country’s development, he said addressing a seminar on “Powering Change: Women in Innovation and Creativity”, reports UNB. The Department of Patent, Design and Trademarks (DPDT) organised the programme at CIRDAP marking the World Intellectual Property Day. “Bangladesh is now a role model in empowering women” said Amu, adding, capacity of technology and product innovation in the country is needed for attaining Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The innovating power of women should be emphasised in this regard, said the ministry. He claimed that the government is giving specific directions for providing protection of innovation and intellectual properties in the National Industry Act 2016, under which the activities of DPDT have been given automation. Following the international IP act, there are many laws in Bangladesh such as trademarks act and copyright act, which have already been modernized while patent and design act is being modernized too, the minister observed.