GSIC (Goa State Innovation Council), CIPAM (Cell for IPR Promotion and Management) and KSCST (Karnataka State Council for Science & Technology) jointly organised a One Day State-Level IPR Session on Patent Search on September 24th. Mrs. Sweta P. Shet Verenkar, Asst. Professor, Dept. of Computer Science, attended. Mr. Sudip Faldessai, Project Officer began the session by welcoming and introducing the Resource Persons and all participants.
Technical Session 1 –Patentability Subject Matter
Mr. Suhas Kulkarni, Expert from IP Office, introduced the concept of IPR by defining what is a patent and explained what are patentable and non-patentable products or processes. He stressed on inventive step and elaborated by providing examples. Mr. Kulkarni explained the detailed procedure for patent filing and informed about what things are checked before granting a patent to an individual /organization.
Technical Session 2 – A Holistic view of IPR
Mr. B. Vivek Anand Sagar, IP Attorney & Consultant, was a very inspiring and motivating resource person as he provided a holistic approach to IPR. He discussed the legal case of a Patent regarding Turmeric used for wound healing, to demonstrate how India defended and got the patent revoked by framing the TKDL (Traditional Knowledge Digital Library) which has published information relevant to the history of India. He stressed on getting innovative work patented to benefit by earning royalty and also by getting credit for one’s work.
Technical Session 3 – Success Stories and information about Prior Art / Patent Search
Mr. Veeresh Murthy, IP Cell Coordinator, discussed various case studies which depicted the importance of going through Prior Art – similar to a literature review – before and during the filing of a patent. The famous example of designing a system to detect dislodgement from the circuitry using LED lights was discussed, with its applicability in cricket matches to detect dislodging of bails from the wickets. These case studies provided insights into the need for filing patents for inventions and innovations.
Technical Session 4 – Copyrights – Plagiarism – Rights and other Types of IPRs
Mr. B. Vivek Anand Sagar discussed the other types of IPRs, namely Copyrights, Trademarks, Trade secrets, GI(Geographical Indication), providing an example of each. He was very open to queries of the audience.
The IPR Session covered most of the requirements of the Session and promoted the use of Google Patents and going through Prior Art, also publishing one’s work plays an important role and how you should be doing a disclosure of Invention, setting up claims and Request for examination during and after your patent is under process. The IIC (Institution Innovation Council) of the College plans to conduct an Awareness / Mentoring Session on IPR for which this session has been very beneficial.
