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Indian government has undertaken significant modifications in the Intellectual Property (IP) regime of the country. This is leading to a realignment of business strategies by firms in several sectors. Similarly, with liberalization and globalization, new opportunities for IP creation seem to be emerging for Indian firms. The new Intellectual Property Act facilitates active participation of Indian firms in the global technology and production networks are desirable. IPR has an increasing role on several sectors in the economy especially the pharmaceutical, chemical, biotechnology, and information technology (IT)-related sectors.IT is a growth sector for the country, one needs to assess the utility of various TRIPS compatible policy alternatives .The role of IPR on IT sector can be better understood by checking the emerging perspectives of IPRs in the Indian IT industry and also by understanding the factors that are capable of being driving the change in those perspectives.