Posted by MNLU Mumbai is one of the premier national law schools located in the economic capital of India. It offers graduate, post graduate and research degrees in law and allied disciplines. The object of the university is to advance and disseminate learning and knowledge of law and legal processes and their role in national development., to serve society in the field of law by developing skills in regard to advocacy, legal services, legislation, law reforms and the like; to organize lectures, seminars, symposia and conferences to promote efficient instruments of social development. MNLU Mumbai has set up Centre for Research in IP among ten centers for legal research and has also been granted DPIIT IPR Chair
ABOUT DPIIT IPR CHAIR
Department for Promotion of Industries and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India, launched a Scheme for Pedagogy & Research in IPRs for Holistic Education & Academia (SPRIHA) under which IPR Chairs have been set up in select universities and academic institutes, in accordance National IPR Policy launched by the Government of India . Accordingly, DPIIT has established an IPR Chair at MNLU Mumbai to further the aims and objectives enumerated under SPRIHA norms including encouraging the study of, education in and research on Intellectual Property Rights, as well as to promote outreach in IPRs
BACKGROUND OF THE WORKSHOP
In the 21st century, a nation’s socio-economic and industrial development is catalysed through creativity, innovation and vibrant Intellectual Property ecosystem. IPR plays a key role for any business organization to stand out in the world of competition and provides the desired winning edge over the Competitors and thus IPRs are emerging as a strategic business tool to enhance Industrial Competitiveness.
National IPR Policy of India, launched in 2016, mandates that the measures shall be taken to stimulate generation of IPRs and also emphasizes to get value for IPRs and economic reward for owners of IP rights through commercialization of IP by promoting entrepreneurship.
The concrete measures taken by the Government of India from 2015 onwards resonate with national development priorities and have resulted in strengthening generation, commercialization and enforcement of IPRs. However, much is required to be done towards creation and commercialization of IPRs, particularly patents. Despite lot of fruitful research being carried out in the country by thousands of public and private laboratories and R & D institutes, universities, SMEs, technical institutes, engineering colleges and individual innovators filing of patent applications by all such Indian entities and patents granted to them as compared to total filing and grant is very low. This is due to the fact that majority of small and big industries, University are still not IP-oriented
About the Workshop
The objective of this workshop is on facilitating researchers, stakeholders and innovators to generate and utilize IPRs. This workshop is an effort to build an atmosphere where creativity and innovation are encouraged in public and private sectors, R&D centres, industry and academia, leading to generation of protectable IP that can be commercialized. Through this workshop it is intended to reach out to the less-visible IP generators, like Startups, MSMEs and Individual inventors including laying a special emphasis on the strategies involved in IP commercialization; revenue generation from the strategies adopted, as well as creating IP awareness.
The workshop is also aimed to discuss multiple impediments faced for entrepreneurs to file and obtain their IPRs, particularly patents and their commercialisation and subsequently, suggest the remedies for overcoming the hurdles. The focus of the workshop will be upon generation, licensing and commercialization of Patents and practice in India. There will be detail discussions and deliberations on practical aspects related to creation of patent right, Licensing, infringement, commercialisation of patents, policy issues and facilities available
EXPECTED PARTICIPANTS
The Workshop will benefit the participants from various segments of the IP community, viz., MSMEs, Startups, MSMEs, industry sector, policy makers, Government officials, IP lawyers, legal practitioners, researchers, students, and academicians.
Note: There is no registration fee for participating in the Workshop. The platform used shall be Cisco Webex.
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