Roadmap for IPR Research

in India
1ST IPR RESEARCHERS’ CONFLUENCE

-SPEARHEADING IPR IN INDIA – AN AGENDA FOR

RESEARCH

-SJMSOM, IIT BOMBAY

DECEMBER 21-22, 2009

 AGENDA
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Confluence Theme
Highlights of discussions
 Invited Speakers

 Panel Discussion

 Roadmap Group

Attempt at Roadmap
The NEXT STEP

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 Confluence Theme
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1. Do we need to align philosophies, theories and

models, legal processes and policies with global
ones? Or are we equipped to create them on our
own?
2. How should research in IP in India proceed?
3. Is there a need for inter-disciplinary research, say
legal and management or policy and technology?
4. Can we, as researchers, design a policy that is
flexible to suit the development needs of India and is
robust enough to become a global benchmark?

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 Invited Speakers Highlights
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Sensitising Institutions
Transcribing the knowledge
Paradigm shift in innovation process
 Need for organisational transitions

 TRUST becomes explicit

IP is not a SILO

Ape the WEST?
Sui Generis design of the working of the IP
system

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IP Valuation is tricky

 Prioritization is critical for IP Strategy

Stronger IP is insignificant to Global R&D

expansion
 Focus more on market size & human intellectual
capital.
Technology rewrites the role of copyrights
 Licensing mechanisms to take care of implementation
and practical issues.

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 Panel Highlights
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National Innovative Culture

Employer / employee rights and
incentives
Information Sources

Impact of Patent pools and standard-

setting organizations
Multi disciplinary / professional
approach
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Focused research
Trans-disciplinary approach

Institute – Patent office tie-up

Create an IP Toolbox and Cadre of

Consultants
Awards for Excellent Inventions- SMEs

Creation of national IP institutes

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 Roadmap Groups Highlights
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 Education
 Interdisciplinary teaching / programmes, extend to other disciplines
 Increased focus on “other” areas of IP
 Interplay of IP + other laws (competition, etc)
 Multi-lingual awareness
 Capacity building of enforcement personnel
 Research
 Industry relevance / policy relevance / demand driven
 Economic impact studies / sector analysis / consequences of IPR spinoffs
 Review of software patents protection
 Research at graduate level

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 Issues Raised
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Is the Subject of IP a Domain of Science /

Law?
What Role does Management Play in IP
What role does social science and economics
play a role in IP
Is Indian IP Policy a knee jerk reaction to
demands of developed world?
Is the over all policy making process in India
on IP rational and innovative?
Feeders to churn IPR Research

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 Folding out the Feeders
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Legal

Economics
LEM
Management

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 Components
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IP & Education

IP & Pedagogy
IP & Corporate
IP & Policy

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 IP Education
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The focus here is on research on IP Education – not

AWARENESS

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 IP Pedagogy
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 IP & Industry
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 IP & Policy
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 Potential Methods to Achieve
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 IPR Research Roadmap
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IP Savvy
Nation

Events can happen in parallel

T=
3

T= TIME LINE ??
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THE NEXT STEP ?

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A SINCERE
THANK YOU
FOR THE PARTICIPATION

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 Minutes Slides
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CAPTURES THE DISCUSSION ON THE TIMELINES AND

FUTURE PLANS – AS IN THE FORUM

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 Discussed Action Plan
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Proposed ADVISORY Panel apart from National IPR

Chair Grid
 Industry – Dr. Parasu Veera
 Govt – Mr. Suresh Kumar K.
 Legal – Prof. Madabushi Sridhar
 Management – Prof. Karuna Jain
 Labs – Dr. R. Hirwani
Panel to be supported by working group(s)
 To be constituted

Confluence to be arranged at IIT Bombay till 2011

 To see the impact of the roadmap and efforts

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 IPR Researchers’ confluence
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Theme Based
 2010 - Policy & Indian Need based

Captured the 6 Roadmap Group’s

viewpoints / suggestions / comments on IPR
Education and Research
 Details to be posted later

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