Intellectual Property Right Cell

In contemporary times, research is translational and transforms into services or products. Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) help in protecting as well as commercializing the inventions. The IPR Cell was established in the college with an aim to provide assistance to the students and alumni interested in the matters of IPR. The cell offers assistance by protecting student’s interests about by making them aware about: the rights over their Intellectual Property, prior-art search report, patentability opinion, drafting patent specification, preparing filing documents, filing application and follow-up, prosecuting the filled application by responding office action such as FER, advisory services on various IPR, IP management. To this end the committee organizes various capacity building workshops and conferences on IPR and reviews IP policy of the college. IPR cell of college ensures speedy and accurate identification and protection of innovations arising out of the research work carried out by the students and alumni of the college. IPR cell will facilitate transfer of knowledge and technology from the college to industry and enhance the scope of their commercialization. Moreover, the cell also aims to offer assistance to grass-root innovators of the local area.

Functions of Cell

• IPR cell of college will enhance the quality of thinking, propagate a culture of regard and respect for IPR, ensure speedy and accurate identification and protection of innovations arising out of the research work carried out by the students and alumni of college.

• IPR cell will facilitate transfer of knowledge and technology from the college to industry and enhance the scope of their commercialization.

• The Cell also aims to offer assistance to grass-root innovators in the local area to realize the commercial benefits of their innovations.

Benefits of Cell

• In contemporary times, the research is translational and transforms into services or products. IPRs help in protecting as well as commercializing the inventions. If the innovations framed by college students and alumni are patented and taken up for commercialization by the startups, it will give a competitive advantage to the inventors and entrepreneurs.

• Possession of IPR makes it safer to enter it in award competitions where public disclosure of the work is required and the risk of someone stealing the idea for commercial gain exists.

• Even where the Institute would end up becoming the sole owner of students’ work, it would be proud to provide official letters giving credit to the students who are the creators of the works.

• When IPR for student work is held jointly with the institute, the legal security of the work remains in the safe custody of the institute.

• NAAC provides special significance for the institution to conduct workshop/seminars on Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) and Industry-Academia Innovative practices. Awards for innovation won by institution/teachers/research scholars/students, start-ups incubated on-campus are explicitly commended by the institution and help in good grade by NAAC.

Strategies of Cell

• Conducting IPR outreach activities among college faculty, students and alumni.

• Counseling on career opportunity in IPR specifically to interested students.

• Career assistance and guidance on preparation for Patent Agent Examination, Trademark Agent Examination, other IP positions and the required skills.

• Providing assistance in scientific R & D by providing the latest publication and patents on the subject.

• Providing Patentability opinion on invention.

• Preparation of documents for filing IPR Applications.

• Facilitating for filing IPR Applications and follow-up thereafter.

• Facilitating IPR services including outsourcing, coordinating with experts like advocates, agents etc for various IPR needs including IPR watch, oppositions, litigations etc.

IPR Committee Members

• Rev Fr Dr A Rex Angelo SJ (Chairman)

• Rev Fr Dr Raymond Cherubin SJ

• Dr Nitasha Khatri (Coordinator)

• Dr Shikha Arora Bakshi

• Dr Madhu Sharma

• Dr Aparna Dixit

IPR Cell Activities

1. IPR Awareness Session

To create awareness on Intellectual Property Rights among staff and student community IPR cell of the St. Xavier’s college organised a session on 25 th March 2019 in the college auditorium. The session was graced by the presence of Rev. Fr. Varkey Perekkatt (Rector), Rev. Fr. Joshy Kuruvilla (Vice Principal), Rev. Fr. Sherry (Treasurer) and Rev. Fr. Periya (Administrator).

The IPR facilitator and trainer Mr. Pankaj Kumar talked on the general terms for the assignment of property rights through patents, copyrights & trademarks. He also explained us that how these property rights allow the holder to exercise a monopoly on the use of the term for a specified period.