Management aspects in IPRs

Paper Code: 
IPR 252
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60
Objective: 

This paper will enable students to:

  • Study various steps of IP life-cycle
  • Learn concept of IP Audit
  • Learn concept of IP Valuation
  • Study Sharing benefits of royalties and various other related issues
12.00
Unit I: 
IP life-cycle

Introduction of IP life-cycle; steps: Creation, protection, management, commercialization

12.00
Unit II: 
IP Audit

Introduction and understanding of IP Audit, significance of IP Audit, conducting of IP Audit, identification of IP, protecting the exiting IP by registrations, open access,

12.00
Unit III: 
IP Valuation

Introduction and understanding of IP valuation; significance of IP valuation; various method of IP valuation such as cost approach, market approach, option approach, income approach etc.

12.00
Unit IV: 
IP Commercialization

Introduction of IP commercialization; IP exchange; technology transfer office (TTO); Licensing & technology transfer; overview of a license agreement; negotiating a license

12.00
Unit V: 
Sharing Benefits of Royalties

Concept of sharing benefits of royalties; public funded research and the sharing benefits of royalties; community sharing benefits of royalties (Kani tribe); benefits to member of Geographical Indication Associations

ESSENTIAL READINGS: 

·Prateek Kasliwal, (2009), Intellectual Property Rights, College Book Centre, 1st edition.

·VK Ahuja, (2009), Intellectual Property Rights in India, Lexis Nexis Publication, 1st edition (Vol.1 and 2).

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