Intellectual Property Right (IPR)

The terms "Intellectual Property" or "IPR" used herein refer to any property generated out of the intellectual effort of the creator, registered and owned in the name of the **INSTITUTE**, having proprietary value, and protected by statute. Intellectual Property primarily includes patents, industrial designs, copyrights, trademarks and other related rights like integrated circuits layouts, plants varieties, geographical indications, etc. In the case of copyrightable works, it must be fixed in a corporeal form, and the creator or rights-holder is empowered by law to prevent others from copying. Intellectual property is classified and includes the following:

Patent: A patent is an exclusive right granted by a country to the owner of an invention to make, use, manufacture and market the invention, provided the invention satisfies certain conditions in the law. These conditions are that an Invention should be new, involve an inventive step, and be capable of industrial application. Patents can be granted on new and useful scientific or technical advancements by way of inventions, processes, computer hardware, and in some cases, software; unique materials, machines, devices, instruments, apparatus, and microorganisms, etc.

Copyright:Copyright is a right which is available for creating an original literary or dramatic or musical or artistic work or sound recording or cinematograph films. Copyright can be obtained on published work like books, industrial and architectural designs, models, engineering drawings, computer software, animations and visualizations, information technology products and processes including hardware and software features, original innovative or creative or artistic works and their derivatives or adaptations, whether dramatic, musical, literary works, works of graphic or plastic art and cinematographic and animated films, teaching material for classroom including PowerPoint presentations and online courses such as courseware for distance education, original data and records of research, and undisclosed and/or unpublished information, etc.

Trademark: Trademark or Service Mark or Logo is a distinctive sign, which identifies certain goods or services as those produced or provided by a specific person or enterprise. Trademarks may be one or combination of words, letters, and numerals. They may also consist of drawings, symbols, three dimensional signs such as shape and packaging of goods, or colors used as distinguishing feature. Collective marks are owned by an association whose members use them to identify themselves with a level of quality.

Purpose

The purpose of the IPR Cell is to:

• I. Facilitate, encourage, promote, and safeguard scientific inquiry, research pursuits, and the academic freedom of its faculty, researchers, and students;
• II. Create an innovative culture that fosters the creation and development of IP at the Institute;
• III. Provide a clear understanding of the rights and responsibilities of the faculty staff, and students and protect the interests of the Institute its members;
• IV. Establish an IPR management policy and procedural guidelines for converting the knowledge generated in the Institute to wealth;
• V. Enable the Institute to make beneficial use of IP to confer maximum benefit to the inventors, the Institute, and the society at large, and;
• VI. Shape the Institute as a prime academic research Institute practicing the highest ideals of scholarship and teaching through the dissemination of the benefits of IP generated at the Institute to the community and society;
• VII. To foster commercialization of intellectual property to a third party (interested industry partner or collaborator) by technology transfer, leading through appropriate commercialization and licensing strategies.

IPR Cell Members

Patents Data