Workshop on Intellectual Property Rights

IPR workshop on Innovation, Invention and Creativity with a theme of Roadmap for Patent Creation was organized in two phases on 25^th August and 8^th September 2018. 

In the first workshop a total of 82 students/researchers have participated and the second workshop had a total of 72 students/researchers. The Technology Transfer Group students managed both the workshops. The workshop started at 9.30 AM and ended at 1.15 PM.

Prof. M. Padma, Dean, RGSOIPL welcomed the participants and Prof. C.R.Raj, IPC IPR & IR briefly introduced the Institute patent filing procedures and patent portal. TTG students presented their role in the IPR activities in the campus and explained the patent abstract submission in the patent portal. 

Prof. Gouri Ashok Gargate, RGSOIPL delivered the lecture on ‘Roadmap for Patent Creation’ and taught the fundamentals of patent creation and patent filing in two sessions. A brief highlight of the talk is given below:

A patent is an exclusive right granted by the sovereign of the state to the owner of an invention to make, sell, use, etc. A patent is a territorial rights for the inventor/owner. The life time of patent is 20 years (from the date of filing) and the patent holder gets the exclusive right to exploit (licensing, assigning, commercializing, etc.) within this period.

Novelty, non-obviousness and utility are the three different patentability criteria required for filing the invention. Mathematical model, surgical procedures and software per se cannot be patented in India. It is mandatory to demonstrate the utility of the mathematical model or software using hardware. New process, compound mixture, machine and any improvement in terms of efficiency or cost reduction can be patented. The timeline for patent filing, cost involved in filing and the procedures for filing international application were highlights in the workshop.

The first page of the patent application or granted patent has name(s) of the owner, inventor and the date of filing (provisional/complete), date of publication and date of grant. Indian patent offices are located in four different cities, Kolkata (head office), Mumbai, Chennai and Delhi.

The workshop was interactive and the participants put forward several queries and the speaker and other IPR team members clarified the queries and doubts. The video of this workshop is now available with this link https://youtu.be/QEjhGda9IBk

Domain-specific IPR workshop

The latest IPR workshop for the students and researchers of CSE, EE, ECE, GSSST, SMST and CET was conducted in IIT Kharagpur on 3^rd February 2018, with distinguished patent advocate Mr. Naren Thapetta as the special guest speaker. In an interactive four hour seminar split into two halves, Mr. Thapetta talked about the various facets of software patenting, including the history of the governing laws and their development over time. He drew comparisons between the existing patent laws in India and in the USA, and through an argument-counter-argumentative approach made the case for software patents within well-defined boundaries. He further emphasized on the role of the claims as being central to the value of the patents, and through the citation of several real-world examples drew home the idea of the importance of the claim structure. The workshop was also followed by a panel discussion, where a panel consisting of the guest speaker Mr. Naren Thapetta along with Prof. Padmavati, Prof. Matilal and Prof. TK Bandyopadhyay from RGSOIPL and Prof. C.R Raj, PIC, IPR and IR Cell, and Prof. Goutam Saha, MHRD IPR Chair Professor, IIT Kharagpur encouraged and discussed upon queries from members of the audience. The discussion witnessed enthusiastic participation from the audience.