Friday, February 6, 2009

Final Day : IPR Workshop : Funding Mechanism

Today marked the culmination of our 15 days 3-part IPR workshop. The first session was conducted by Mr. Madhusudan, Assistant Controller, Patent Office Chennai. He spoke about how patent office and officers view the entire process of patent application and provided their perspective.. In the presentation he described the privileges and perils of being a patent officer and provided insights through anecdotes. He later took us through the process of Opposition.
Dr Saha from DST spoke about IP issues as related to Traditional Knowledge and challenges faced in defining and defending them. He also provided information on certain DST schemes intended to help institutions planning to set up IP cells.
The day ended with a simple valedictory function.

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