Intellectual Property Rights Management Cell (IPRMC)
Organizational Setup
Chairman:
Prof. S.W. Akhtar, Hon’ble Vice Chancellor, Integral
University, Lucknow
Chief Executive Advisor:
Prof.(Dr.) M.K.J. Siddiqui, (Adj. Professor),Department of
Bioengineering
Executive Advisory Panel:
Prof. S.M. Iqbal, Chief Academic Consultant,
Prof.(Dr.) T Usmani, Pro Vice Chancellor
Prof.(Dr.) I A Khan, Registrar
Prof.(Dr.) A. A. Zilli,. Dean, Faculty of Engineering
Prof.(Dr.) H.H. Siddiqui, Advisor to VC
Prof.(Dr.) Qazi Shoeb Ahmad, Controller of Examination
Members:
Prof.(Dr.) Rizwan Beg, Dean, Faculty of
Computer Applications
Prof.(Dr.) Zeeshan Amir, Dean, Faculty of
Management and Research
Prof.(Dr.) S. Azeemuddin Ahmad Husain, Dean, Faculty of
Education
Dr. Abdur Rehman, Dean, Faculty of Sciences
Dr. V.S. Chandel, Proctor
Mr. Ghufran Ahmed, Academic Coordinator
Dr.A.K.Srivastava, Head, Department of Biotechnology
(Sciences)
Financial Advisor:
Mr. Qazi Ahmed Raza, Finance Officer
Member Secretary:
Dr. Afaq Mahmood, Head, Center for Career Guidance and
Development
Coordinator:
Dr. Mohammed Haris Siddiqui, Head, Department of
Bioengineering.
Communication Channel
Contact Points
Dr. Afaq Mehmood, Member Secretary
Dr. Mohammed Haris Siddiqui, Coordinator
Postal Address
Intellectual Property Rights Management Cell (IPRMC)
Center for Career Guidance & Development,
Integral University,
Dasauli, P.O.Basha, Kursi Road,
Lucknow, U.P, India-226026.
Phone:-0522-2890730, 2890812 / 2890765(Direct)
Fax:-0522-2890812
Mob No:-09889643623, 09918246056
E.Mail:
ccgnd@integraluniversity.ac.in
Introduction
Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) protection plays a key
role in gaining an advantageous position in the competitive technology game for
achieving economic growth. Uttar Pradesh enjoys large scientific human resources
in India with state of the art research and technology centres and scientific
establishments in the country Lucknow, the capital of the state of Uttar Pradesh
is an acclaimed centre of Research in leading areas of science and technology.
Thus information on various Research and technological advancements should be
disseminated to the users of technology in order for our country to develop
faster. Thus a culture to make aware of development of research and technology
to pertinent users is essential. This has become more pronounced in the
globalised economy with international agreements and obligations in the fields
of IPR in the WTO regime. Huge information is to be provided while filing a
patent application in order to ensure full disclosure of the invention. Thus,
the patent information provides the large single source of technical information
in the world today. However, access to this information and other facilities
related to IPR are really inadequately available in the academic and other
institutions in India.
As a first step in this direction to provide patent related
services particularly to the S&T community, Intellectual Property Rights
Management Cell (IPRMC) started functioning at Integral University,
Lucknow under guidance and help of Council for Science and Technology,
Government of Uttar Pradesh - a few months back. The cell under the Center
for Career Guidance & Development(CCG&D), started functioning as a service
centre to render IPR related services among S & T community.
IPRMC intends to provide information, orientation and
facilities to scientists and research fellows/scholar of Integral University and
its collaborating institutions/universities for protecting the products of their
intellectual powers. The Cell would also be able to guide and advise researchers
on how to obtain and sustain patents, facilitate routing of patent searches to
Patent Information Centre (PIC) and getting the necessary clearances from the
competent authorities in the university while filing provisional/complete patent
specifications. This Cell would also workout various modalities on behalf of the
University for Technology transfer/commercialization of patented technologies.
Forms of Protection
1. Patents : Patent is an exclusive right granted
by a country to the owner of an innovation to make, use, manufacture and market
the invention, provided the innovation satisfies certain criteria - like having
novelty, inventive step and industrial application.
2. Copyrights: Copyright is a right granted to the
owner for creating an original literary or dramatic or musical or artistic work.
Cinematographic films including sound track and video films and recordings on
discs, tapes etc are also covered by copyrights. Computer programs and software
are covered under literary works and are protected in India under copyrights.
3. Trademarks: Trademark 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 and may also consist of drawings, symbols, two / three dimensional
signs or colours, used as distinguishing feature.
4. Industrial
design: Industrial Design means
the features of shape, configuration, pattern, ornament or composition of lines
or colours applied to any article by any industrial or manual process or means
and which are judged solely by the perception of the eye.
5. Geographical
indications: Geographical
Indications (GI) means an indication which identifies certain agricultural or
natural or manufactured goods as originating or manufactured in the territory of
a country, or a region or locality in that territory, where a given quality,
reputation or other characteristics of such goods is essentially attributable to
its geographical origin.
6. Layout
design of integrated circuits : Layout
Design of Integrated Circuit includes a layout of transistors and other
circuitry elements and includes lead wires connecting such elements and
expressed in any manner in a semiconductor integrated circuit (IC), designed to
perform an electronic circuitry function.
7. Trade
secrets: Trade Secret, also
referred as undisclosed information, includes formula, pattern, compilation,
programme, device, method, technique or process. It is perhaps the most
important form of protection for industries and R&D institutions.
8. Plant
variety protection: Plant Variety
Protection and Farmer’s Rights (PVPFR) is a system for protection of plant
varieties, the rights of farmers and plant breeders and to encourage the
development of new varieties of plants. Criteria for protection a new plant
variety are distinctness, uniformity, stability, novelty and appropriate
denomination (generic designation).
Vision and Activities of IPRMC
a)
To provide essential assistance and
necessary facilities to the IU fraternity to derive IPR benefits for their IPR
worthy Intellectual works.
b)
IPR awareness amongst the students, research
scholars and faculty members
c)
Need and demand based research activities on
IPR
d)
Opening up of academic programme/courses for
the benefits of the students of Integral University.
e)
Specialized trainings to academicians and
scientists
f)
Workshops/Conferences/Short Term
Courses on IPR awareness
g)
Dissemination of knowledge, information and
awareness on IPR to different needy sections of the society.
h)
Consultancy/projects on patenting of
technologies.
Who can apply?
An application
can be filed by any of the following persons:-
1.
By any person claiming to be the true and
first creator or owner of the intellectual property;
2.
By any person being the assignee of
the person claiming to be the true and first creator or owner of the
intellectual property in respect of the right to make such an application; or
3.
By the legal representatives of the deceased
person who immediately before his death was entitled to make such an application
Conclusion
The IPR regimes have set a stage for economic integration and
its standardization. The IPR Laws help in tuning the economy of the country with
the changing industrial world, to strengthen its position in trade and related
arenas. Moreover, incorporation of such IP Laws provides a protection and
encouragement to the creators or owners for research and development and also a
satisfaction to the consumers that the product purchased are worth (authentic)
the amount paid.
The Indian Government has established statutory,
administrative and judicial framework for protecting the intellectual property
rights in the Indian territory.
Sources
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellectual_property
2.
http://www.indianembassy.org/policy/ipr/ipr_2000.htm
3. http://iprindia.org/patent.htm
4. http://www.dipp.nic.in/ipr.htm
5. http://www.patentoffice.nic.in/ipr/patent/patents.htm
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