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Prashant sunagar
MSRIT
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Management Perspective
MANAGEMENTS
VISION ON IPR
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MANAGING
IPR
AN
Level Decision
Budgeting
Development of Manpower Expertise
Business Perspective
Feel the need to Build-up Knowledge
Base
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Managing an IPR
Technology
transfer by licensing
(Do Business)
Look for infringements (policing)
Upgrading the development
Assigning rights to others
Resolve IPR ownership issues
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STRATEGY
BUSINESS
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IPR
IPR Strategy
The
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POTENTIAL IPRs
MARKET SIZE
IDEA
COMPOSITION
FINANCIAL &
HUMAN
RESOURCE
REQUIREMENTS
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SERVICE
PROVISIONS
MANAGEMENT
PROVISIONS
Tools of IP Protection
Legal
Patent
Copyright
Trademark
Design Registration
Geographical
Indications
Layout Designs of
Integrated Circuits
Plant Varieties
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Secrecy
Trade Secrets
(In-house
knowledge)
Family Secret
Which IP Protection
Tool?
No
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IPR Rights
Exclusive
rights to underlying IP
You can use it, sell it, dispose it
Right to stop others doing things with
IP
But cannot compel people to do
things with the IP
Option to enforce these rights
Where rights have been breached
can ask court to enforce
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Employment and IP
Assume that everything you work on / invent
belongs to your employer
What about after-hours or hobbies?
In the course of your employment
You may / may not own depending on the contract
HOW TO AVOID THIS?
Read your employment contract thoroughly before
signing
Negotiate right to own the IP your create outside of
work / non-competitive with work
Use confession sheets
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Joint Ownership of IP
Often two or more people or organizations will
work on same project
This can create joint ownership of IP
Separate ownership of distinct contributions (i.e.
improvements)
JO can cause big problems
Can cause commercial paralysis
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Claimants to your IP
Very
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Licensing Your IP
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Continued ..
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Generated
Remuneration to Right Holders
Further Improvements or New Research
Less Dependency on External Finance
(e.g. Banks), Investors, etc
Self-sustenance
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Knowledge is
Power
But !
ONLY IF
MANAGED WELL
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Thank You
Questions Please
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