Sanskriti University holds webinar on Intellectual Property Rights

Sanskriti University’s School of Engineering and Information Technology recently hosted a webinar on Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) aimed at helping students understand the intricacies of IPR and the ways to overcome the challenges one may face in patenting.

Alok V Kulshreshtha, the senior manager of Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd., was the keynote speaker at the programme.

Addressing the participants, he discussed the trends and developments of patenting in India.

He started his session by giving an overview of patents and their brief history in India. He informed that patents in India are governed by the Indian Patents Act (1970), which was last amended in 2016, where product patent was extended to all fields of technology including the IT sector.

Kulshreshtha also gave insights into Intellectual Property Rights in his session. He discussed in details the steps to be taken before filing the patent application, a provisional application, and the pros and cons of the provisional specification.

He threw light on drafting a patent provisional specification, the contents of the draft specification, description and claims, filing a patent, organisational chart, controller general of patents, designs and trademarks, ministry of commerce and industry, department of industrial policy and promotion and PCT filing procedure.

Sanskriti University pro-vice-chancellor Rakesh Premi said that India needs to diversify its patent portfolio to come at par with other patent destinations such as China, Japan and the United States. To achieve the objective of Atmanirbhar Bharat or self-reliant India, more domestic companies of India, along with education and research institutes, should come forward to register their patents.

Participants interacted with the expert speaker during the session, and the webinar culminated with a vote of thanks.