A Presentation on

Intellectual Property Rights

By Pragnan Chakravorty
Director, CARET
M.Tech (IIT Kharagpur), Member-IEEE(USA), ACM(USA) Member IEEE :Communication. Soc, Microwave Theory and Techniques Soc, Antenna & Wave Propagation. Soc

Clique for Applied Research in Electronic Technology Advaita Corporation

What is Intellectual Property?

Intellectual Property
Intellectual Property is a property that arises from the human intellect. It is a product of human creation. Intellectual Property is the creation of the human intellectual process and is therefore the product of the human intellect or mind.

Characteristics of Intellectual Property

It is an intangible form of property. It is a personal property. It is a basic form of property. It is based on information.

Categories of Intellectual Property Rights

CAMERA

PATENT For every individual improved mechanism

DESIGN For outer shape & Contour / Configuration

TRADE MARK Brand

name or Logo for goods denoted as

Copy right For Instruction / manual booklet denoted as

AVAILABILITY OF PROTECTIONS FOR DIFFERENT ENGINEERING WORKS IN UK

IPR Categories Type of Work

Copyright
Copyright is the right against illegitimate or uninformed copy of with every written, dramatic, musical or artistic work, to sound recordings, films, broadcasts and cable programs etc. Following can be protected under copyright

Industrial Designs
Electrical JUG
The protection you receive is only for the appearance of the article and not how it works. Design registration is intended to protect designs which have an industrial or commercial use. Duration of protection is initially for 10 years and extendable for another term of 5 years.
Designs of stamps, labels, tokens, cards, cartoons, or parts of an article not sold separately, cannot be registered.

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A trade mark is any sign which can distinguish the goods of one trader from those of another. Sign includes, words, logos, pictures, or a combination of these. A trade mark is used as a marketing tool so that customers can recognize the product of a particular trader. To register a trade mark , the mark must be:distinctive, and, not deceptive, or contrary to law or morality, and, not identical or similar to any earlier marks for the same or similar goods.

TRADEMARKS

Protection Of Intellectual Property In India

(Patents, Designs, Trade Marks & Copyrights)

MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY DEPT. OF INDUSTRIAL POLICY & PROMOTION

CONTROLLER GENERAL OF PATENTS, DESIGNS & TRADE MARKS

MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURSE DEVELOPMENT DEPT. OF EDUCATION

COPYRIGHT OFFICE

PATENT OFFICE GIR Sr.JOINT CONTROLLER OF PATENTS AND DESIGNS

TRADE MARKS REGISTRY

JOINT REGISTAR OF TRADEMARKS

REGISTAR OF COPYRIGHT

Jurisdiction of Offices in India

Patent Grant Procedure (In Brief) in India

Filing of PATENT APPLICATION EXAMINATION & NOVELTY SEARCH ACCEPTANCE OR REFUSAL NOTIFICATION OF ACCEPTANCE IN THE GAZETTE OF INDIA (part III section 2) OPPOSITION (if any) GRANT OF A PATENT

Patent Grant Procedure in India

Filing of patent application Early Publication Publication after 18 months
Pre Grant Opposition / Representation by any person.

Request for examination Examination: Grant or Refusal Publication of Grant of patent Post Grant Opposition to grant of patent (Constitution of Opposition Board) Decision By Controller

Patent Applications Examined in India

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CONDITION OF IP OFFICES IN INDIA Before & After

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LIBRARY
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STORAGE SPACE
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CASH SECTION

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MULTI-PURPOSE AREA

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References
1. Howard B. Rockman, Intellectual Property Law for Engineers & Scientists. IEEE Press, USA 2. Vivien Irish, Intellectual Property Rights for Engineers. IET, London, UK 3. Peter Drahos and Ruth Mayne, Global Intellectual Property Rights. P. MACMILLAN, USA 4. Birgitte Andersen, Intellectual Property Rights . Edward Elgar, UK 5. www.ipindia.nic.in