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IP <str<strong>on</strong>g>Training</str<strong>on</strong>g> Report<br />
Two day <str<strong>on</strong>g>Training</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>on</strong> Intellectual Property Rights <strong>for</strong> Research<br />
Instituti<strong>on</strong>- <strong>CIPET</strong>, Bhubaneswar<br />
Background<br />
2013<br />
As part of <strong>UNIDO</strong>’s program <strong>on</strong> building awareness and knowledge am<strong>on</strong>g the educati<strong>on</strong>al and industrial<br />
instituti<strong>on</strong>s that are working in the field of research and development <strong>on</strong> Intellectual Property Rights, a<br />
two day training program <strong>on</strong> ‘Intellectual Property’ was organised at Central Institute of Plastic<br />
Engineering and Technology (<strong>CIPET</strong>), at Bhubaneswar, Orissa <strong>on</strong> 7 th and 8 th June 2013. Experts from<br />
Brain League visited <strong>CIPET</strong> to deliver lectures <strong>on</strong> specified topics <strong>on</strong> various aspects <strong>on</strong> intellectual<br />
property to a group of around thirty participants comprising of members of the faculty and students of<br />
doctoral program at the institute.<br />
Objectives<br />
Multifold objectives of the training program included providing basic awareness <strong>on</strong> Intellectual Property<br />
to the participants; developing certain basic skills in Intellectual Property am<strong>on</strong>g participants; helping<br />
the participants to understand the basic nuances of Intellectual Property Law and to identify various<br />
types of Intellectual Property dealt with by them during the course of their research; equip the<br />
participants with basic skills to safeguard their valuable IP. As a partner organisati<strong>on</strong> in the Plastic<br />
Project <strong>CIPET</strong>’s c<strong>on</strong>tributi<strong>on</strong> towards venue and other logistical arrangements <strong>for</strong> the programme are<br />
also appreciated.<br />
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The participants at <strong>CIPET</strong> mostly comprised of researchers at the institute and hence required an<br />
advanced training in Intellectual Property to help them protect the inventi<strong>on</strong>s and scholarly c<strong>on</strong>tent<br />
they may create during their research. The training program was divided into various sessi<strong>on</strong>s <strong>on</strong><br />
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specific topics of IP relevant to the institute. After discussing with the stakeholders of the institute,<br />
following topics were identified to be relevant to the participants:<br />
1. Fundamentals of Intellectual Property- A primer <strong>on</strong> various types of intellectual property in<br />
today’s research envir<strong>on</strong>ment;<br />
2. Patent Search and Patent Filing and Prosecuti<strong>on</strong> Strategies- A detailed procedure <strong>for</strong> c<strong>on</strong>ducting<br />
patent search and the process of patent registrati<strong>on</strong><br />
3. Protecting Creative Expressi<strong>on</strong> through Copyrights- Basics of Copyright Law<br />
4. Trade Secrets- Protecting valuable in<strong>for</strong>mati<strong>on</strong> through trade secrets<br />
5. Patent claim c<strong>on</strong>structi<strong>on</strong>s and patent specificati<strong>on</strong> drafting techniques <strong>for</strong> research<br />
6. Research Collaborati<strong>on</strong>s, C<strong>on</strong>tracting and Licensing IP from research instituti<strong>on</strong>s<br />
7. Role Play <strong>on</strong> IP licensing negotiati<strong>on</strong>s<br />
The resource pers<strong>on</strong>s <strong>for</strong> the program included Dr. Kalyan kankanala, Mr. Nishant Kewalramani and Mr.<br />
Sandeep Hegde M.<br />
Course of the Program<br />
The program started with the <strong>for</strong>mal inaugurati<strong>on</strong> by Dr. Yadav.<br />
Dr. Kalyan C. Kankanala in his first sessi<strong>on</strong> <strong>on</strong> Fundamentals of Intellectual Property, gave a lucid<br />
overview of the meaning, nature and scope of intellectual property. He clarified the objective behind the<br />
legislati<strong>on</strong>s governing intellectual property and explained the rati<strong>on</strong>ale behind the grant of property<br />
rights <strong>on</strong> creati<strong>on</strong>s of human intellect. He then proceeded to explain each type of intellectual property in<br />
detail. Providing illustrati<strong>on</strong>s and real life case scenarios at regular intervals, he was able to equip the<br />
participants with the basic knowledge <strong>on</strong> Intellectual Property and a basic ability to identify and<br />
differentiate various types of Intellectual Property. Kalyan’s sessi<strong>on</strong> provided a str<strong>on</strong>g fundamental<br />
foundati<strong>on</strong> over which the participants could build advanced knowledge and skill set <strong>on</strong> IP.<br />
Mr. Nishant Kewalramani, in his sessi<strong>on</strong> <strong>on</strong> Patent Filing and prosecuti<strong>on</strong> strategy, provided strategic<br />
inputs <strong>on</strong> patent filing and described various strategic c<strong>on</strong>siderati<strong>on</strong>s that <strong>on</strong>e must c<strong>on</strong>sider in deciding<br />
to apply <strong>for</strong> registrati<strong>on</strong> of a patent. Nishant provided both academic and business c<strong>on</strong>siderati<strong>on</strong>s and<br />
explained how <strong>on</strong>e must analyse these pointers having regard to the importance of the inventi<strong>on</strong> and its<br />
worthiness to the instituti<strong>on</strong>. Nishant provided numerous real life examples to explain how it is<br />
important to strategise patent filing. He then explained to the participants how <strong>on</strong>e has to approach the<br />
objecti<strong>on</strong>s by the examiners during the prosecuti<strong>on</strong> of the patent applicati<strong>on</strong>. He provided various<br />
different situati<strong>on</strong>s where minor errors committed during the drafting and prosecuti<strong>on</strong> of a patent<br />
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applicati<strong>on</strong> can result in rejecti<strong>on</strong> of the applicati<strong>on</strong>. He also explained the importance of prosecuti<strong>on</strong><br />
history in determining the scope of a patent.<br />
Nishant took up the Patent Searching Techniques in his next sessi<strong>on</strong> and provided a detailed procedure<br />
<strong>for</strong> making a patent search using free databases available around the world. He also c<strong>on</strong>ducted a live<br />
search to help participants to understand the nuances of patent search. He provided various techniques<br />
of bettering the search results and also analysing the same.<br />
Next two sessi<strong>on</strong>s were addressed by Mr. Sandeep Hegde M. Sandeep started with the basics <strong>on</strong><br />
copyright law and went <strong>on</strong> to explain the nuances of various aspects of copyright such as rights granted<br />
under copyright regime, protecti<strong>on</strong> of copyrights through registrati<strong>on</strong>s and due diligence, taking<br />
measures towards mitigating risks from third party copyrights and en<strong>for</strong>cement of copyrights. He also<br />
explained various tests devised by the courts in determining infringement of copyrights and provided<br />
ample examples to dem<strong>on</strong>strate the same. He them spoke about trade secrets. He explained the<br />
necessary attributes of trade secrets with the help of examples and explained how misappropriati<strong>on</strong> of<br />
trade secrets is ascertained. He helped the participants to analyse various hypothetical scenarios <strong>on</strong><br />
trade secret misappropriati<strong>on</strong>. He also provided various important factors to be c<strong>on</strong>sidered <strong>for</strong><br />
determining the best <strong>for</strong>m of protecti<strong>on</strong> between patents and trade secrets when an inventor comes up<br />
with an inventi<strong>on</strong>.<br />
Dr. Kalyan addressed the first sessi<strong>on</strong> <strong>on</strong> the sec<strong>on</strong>d day of the program with his presentati<strong>on</strong> <strong>on</strong> patent<br />
specificati<strong>on</strong> drafting and patent claim c<strong>on</strong>structi<strong>on</strong>s. Dr. Kalyan used a number of examples from<br />
patent applicati<strong>on</strong>s <strong>on</strong> plastic technology and plastic polymer science. The participants could easily<br />
relate to the examples and resp<strong>on</strong>ded to the same with enthusiasm. Dr. Kalyan also analysed some of<br />
the patent claims from the applicati<strong>on</strong>s of <strong>CIPET</strong> filed in the past. Dr. Kalyan’s sessi<strong>on</strong> helped the<br />
participants to understand how a claim in a patent applicati<strong>on</strong> is c<strong>on</strong>strued and how they could improve<br />
the strength of their patents by intelligently drafting their claims.<br />
Sandeep in his next sessi<strong>on</strong> explained IP licensing and IP commercialisati<strong>on</strong> by research instituti<strong>on</strong>s like<br />
<strong>CIPET</strong>. He provided a birds overview of how research instituti<strong>on</strong>s from the developed nati<strong>on</strong>s look at<br />
licensing. He then explained various comm<strong>on</strong> clauses in a license agreement and how <strong>on</strong>e could use<br />
negotiati<strong>on</strong> as a tool to ensure better returns from the transacti<strong>on</strong>. This sessi<strong>on</strong> was aimed at equipping<br />
the participants with skills of license negotiati<strong>on</strong>.<br />
The final sessi<strong>on</strong> was a role play <strong>on</strong> licensing. The participants were divided into different groups of two<br />
teams each and were given a hypothetical licensing problem. The participants were asked to assume<br />
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roles of negotiators representing a party in the problem and negotiate a mutually agreeable license deal<br />
with the opp<strong>on</strong>ent team. After the c<strong>on</strong>clusi<strong>on</strong> of the negotiati<strong>on</strong>, the results of each team were<br />
analysed by the resource pers<strong>on</strong>s and the participants were provided further hints <strong>on</strong> how they can<br />
negotiate a better deal. The resource pers<strong>on</strong>s also explained how real life licensing negotiati<strong>on</strong>s are<br />
c<strong>on</strong>ducted and various factors that a negotiator has to c<strong>on</strong>sider.<br />
Feedback of participants<br />
The program received positive feedback from the participants. Most participants participated in the<br />
discussi<strong>on</strong>s during the course of the program and posed a lot of questi<strong>on</strong>s and sought clarificati<strong>on</strong>. The<br />
participants found the sessi<strong>on</strong>s extremely useful and enriching. The feedback <strong>for</strong>ms filled up by the<br />
participants are provided here as attachments.<br />
Overall feedback<br />
Excellent<br />
Very Good<br />
Good<br />
Satisfactory<br />
Poor<br />
(5)<br />
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Presentati<strong>on</strong> c<strong>on</strong>tents 19 6 - - -<br />
Quality of presentati<strong>on</strong>s 19 6 - - -<br />
Usefulness of this program to you 18 7 - - -<br />
Background Material (Hand out) 11 7 2 - -<br />
A glimpse of participants feedback <strong>on</strong> how the programme is useful to them and to their organisati<strong>on</strong><br />
verbatim<br />
“This Programme helped me to know how patents are filed and how to use patents <strong>for</strong> research and<br />
understanding searching techniques. It helped me to know what to file and the steps required <strong>for</strong> filing.<br />
It has been in<strong>for</strong>mative to reduce the risk of assessing patents. “<br />
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“Acquiring knowledge about <strong>IPR</strong> and filing patents and licensing technology which will be very useful in<br />
our research field.”<br />
“As a research scholar when we are publishing papers, articles he has given more in<strong>for</strong>mati<strong>on</strong> about<br />
awareness and improves the skills. It’s a very knowledge worthy task”<br />
“Helps I identifying different secti<strong>on</strong>s of the patent aims and possibility of infringement”<br />
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Participants List<br />
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Sl.No. Name of the Employee Designati<strong>on</strong><br />
R & D Department<br />
1 Dr. Smita Mohanty Scientist<br />
2 Mr. Bishnu Prasad Panda Jr. Scientist<br />
3 Mrs. Lakshmi Unnikrishnan Jr. Scientist<br />
4 Dr. Manoranjan Biswal Jr. Scientist<br />
5 Ms. Mousam Choudhury Technical Officer (R & D)<br />
6 Dr. P. K. Mandal Technical Officer<br />
7 Ms. Priyanka Pandey Technical Officer Fellow<br />
8 Mr. Sateesh B<strong>on</strong>da Technical Officer Fellow<br />
9 Mr. Ramesh V Technical Officer Fellow<br />
10 Mr. Saumendra Satrusallya<br />
11 Mr. Pinaki Chatterjee Technician Gr. II<br />
Research Scholars<br />
12 Mr. Jandas P. J Sr. Research Fellow<br />
13 Mr. Sushanta Kumar Sahoo Jr. Research Fellow<br />
14 Mr. Atul P. Johri Jr. Research Fellow<br />
15 Mr. Arun Kumar Gupta Jr. Research Fellow<br />
16<br />
Mr. P. Nagarjuna Reddy<br />
Jr. Research Fellow<br />
17<br />
Mr. T. Gurunathan<br />
Jr. Research Fellow<br />
18<br />
Ms. V. P. Sajna<br />
Jr. Research Fellow<br />
19 Md. Naushad Jr. Research Fellow<br />
20 Mr. K. Prabakaran Jr. Research Fellow<br />
21 Ms. Sriparna De Jr. Research Fellow<br />
22 Mrs. Chinmayee Acharya Jr. Research Fellow<br />
23 Ms. S<strong>on</strong>alee Das Jr. Research Fellow<br />
24 Ms. Swarnalata Sahoo Jr. Research Fellow<br />
25 Ms. Sudha G. S. Jr. Research Fellow<br />
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26 Mr. Sunil S. Suresh Jr. Research Fellow<br />
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27 Mr. Sarath P. Jr. Research Fellow<br />
28 Mr. Sudheer Kumar Research Fellow<br />
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