Awareness Programmes organized by PIC-Kerala during the period January - March, 2010

Kerala State Council for Science, Technology & Environment organized the22nd Kerala Science Congress at Kerala Forest Research Institute, Thrissur from28th

- 31 st January, 2010. The Hon'ble Chief Minister of Kerala, Shri. V.S. Achuthanandaninaugurated the event. Dr. R.V.G. Menon, Chairman, 22nd Kerala Science Congresswelcomed the delegates. Dr. E.P.Yesodharan, Executive Vice President, KSCSTEpresided over the function. The focal theme of the 22nd Kerala Science Congress was"IPR & Development: A National Perspective". PIC-Kerala co-ordinated the focal themesession. Lectures in the focal theme session were delivered by stalwarts in the field of IPRof national and international repute. In the keynote function, Prof. N. R. Madhava Menon,Member, Commission on Centre, State Relations, Govt. of India delivered the Keynoteaddress. Shri. P. H. Kurian, Controller General of Patents, Designs & Trademarks, Govt. ofIndia, delivered the Special address. The inaugural session was followed by three technicalsessions in which ten lectures on the various issues and areas of IPR were delivered.

Hon'ble Chief Minister Shri. V.S. Achuthanandaninaugurates the 22nd Kerala Science Congress

Hon'ble Chief Minister deliveringthe inaugural address

Prof. N. R. Madhava Menon delivering the Keynote address Shri. P. H. Kurian delivering the Special address

The first technical session was chaired by Dr. R. Saha, Director, Patent Facilitating Centre - TIFAC, Govt. of India, in whichthe following three lectures were delivered .

•• 'Public - Private dichotomy of IP - a policy framework for Industrial Development' by Dr. V.C. Vivekanandan, Dean&Professor of Law, Rajiv Gandhi School of Intellectual Property Law, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur .

•• 'Protection of Geographical Indications and Socio - Economic Development: The Indian Storey' byShri. T. C.James, Former Director, Dept. of Industrial Policy & Promotion, New Delhi.

•• 'Creating value from IPR: The Chitra Experience' by Dr. S. Balaram, Scientist, SCTIMST, Trivandrum.

Dr. R.Saha chairing the first technical session Dr. V.C. Vivekanandan making his presentation

Shri. T.C. James delivering his lecture Dr. S. Balaram making his presentation

The second technical session was chaired by Dr. Puspangadan, Director General, Amity Institute for Herbal & BiotechProducts Development, Thiruvananthapuram, in which the following three lectures were delivered .

•• 'Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers' RightsAct' by Dr. H. S. Chawla, Professor, G.B. Pant Universityof Agriculture & Technology, Uttarakhand .

•• 'Intellectual Property: Challenges of Use and Abuse' by Adv. Yeshwant Shenoy, Partner, Entete Legale, Mumbai.

•• 'Protection ofTraditional Knowledge and Sui Generis System' by Dr. S. Rajasekharan, Scientist F,TBGRI,Thiruvananthapuram.

Dr. Puspangadanchairing the second technical session Prof. H.S. Chawla making his presentation

Adv. Yeshwant Shenoy delivering his lecture Dr. S.Rajasekharan making his presentation

The third technical session was chaired by Shri. N. K. Jayakumar, Vice-Chancellor, NUALS, Cochin, in which thefollowing four lectures were delivered .

• 'Intellectual Property Rights and Development: A National Perspective' by Shri. John Britto, SpecialSecretary (Law), Govt. of Kerala .

• 'Protection of Geographical Indications of Specialty Goods of Kerala' by Dr. C. R. Elsy, Professor,Kerala Agricultural University, Thrissur.

It Traditional Medicines and Intellectual Property Issues' by Shri. R. S. Praveen Raj, Scientist, NIIST,Thiruvananthapuram.

It 'Role of PIC-Kerala in promoting IPRs in the State' by Dr. Ajit Prabhu V, Joint Director, KSCSTE &Nodal Officer, PIC-Kerala.

Shri. R.S.Praveen Raj delivering his lecture Dr. C.R.Elsy making her presentation

The technical sessions were followed by an Expert Committee meeting which was chaired byProf. N. R. Madhava Menon, Member, Commission on Centre, State Relations, Govt. of India. Experts in the field of IPRattended the meeting. In the meeting, discussions on how to propagate and promote IPR in the State and how to increasethe IP output of the State were made. The Committee made a number of recommendations and decided to consolidate therecommendation after getting the comments from the experts and after that the recommendations should be forwarded tothe State Government. Around 1000 participants from various sectors including Scientists, Researchers, Students, LegalExperts, Grass root Innovators, Entrepreneurs, Industrialists, etc., participated in the event.

"Exhibition on IPR" in connection with 22nd

Kerala Science Congress at ThrissurIn connection with the 22nd Kerala ScienceCongress, PIC-Kerala arranged an exhibition inwhich exhibits containing information on thevarious issues of IPR were exhibited. Thebrochures, booklets and pamphlets weredistributed to the people visited the stall. Around1000 people including Scientists, Researchers,Students, Faculty, Grass root Innovators andGeneral Public visited the Stall.

Seminar on"lnteliectual Property Rights" in AlappuzhaPIC-Kerala in association with Sanatana Dharma College, Alappuzha organized a one day Seminar on 'IntellectualProperty Rights' at S.D. College, Alappuzha, on 11thFebruary, 2010. Shri. KA Parameswara Iyer, Scientist (Rtd.),CPCRI, Kasaragod and Member, Board of Trustees, S.D. Vidyasala, inaugurated the Seminar. Dr. S. Krishna Kumar,Principal, S.D.Coliege, presided over the function. Three technical sessions were delivered in the Seminar. Around 250participants including the Students and Faculty from the College as well as from the nearby Colleges participated in theSeminar.• 'An overview of IPR' by Shri. R.S.Praveen Raj, Scientist, IP Management & Technology Transfer, NIIST,

Thiruvananthapuram.

• 'Patenting System in India' by Shri. Manoj Madhavan, Examiner of Patents & Designs, Patent Office, Chennai.

• 'Copyrights & Trademarks' by Smt. Sindhu Thulaseedharan, Lecturer, Department of Law,University of Kerala,Thiruvananthapuram.

• 'Role of KSCSTE & PIC-Kerala in promoting IPR in the State of Kerala' by Mr. Safikh.S,Project Scientist,PIC - Kerala.

Shri. K.A. Parameswara Iyer Inaugurates the Seminar Shri. R.S.Praveen Raj delivering his lecture

Five day "Exhibition on IPR" at Kozhikode------------------ In connection with the National AgroFood Festival named "Annam 2010"organized by Centre for Innovation inScience & Social Action (CISSA),organized at Kozhikode,from11'h - 15'h February, 2010,PIC-Kerala arranged an exhibition ofmaterials on IPR. Around 3000people including Scientists,Govt. Officials, Students, Faculty,Public, etc., visited the stall.Brochures and Leaflets on IPR weredistributed to the visitors.

ational Workshop on "IPR and Economic Development in the Knowledge Era" at KottayamPIC-Kerala jointly with TIFAC, New Delhi & Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology, Kottayam organized a one day NationalWorkshop on 'IPR and Economic Development in the Knowledge Era' at Hotel Pearl Regency, Kottayam on22"d February, 2010. Shri. V.N. Vasavan, Hon'ble MLA, Kottayam inaugurated the Workshop.Dr. Kuncheria P Isaac, Director, Department of Technical Education, Government of Kerala presided over the function.Dr. R. Saha, Director, PFC - TIFAC, New Delhi, delivered the Keynote Address. Dr. V.Ajit Prabhu, Joint Director, KSCSTE& Nodal Officer - PIC - Kerala introduced the speakers to the participants. Prof. J.T.Kuncheria, Principal, Rajiv GandhiInstitute of Technology welcomed the delegates and Dr. A. Praveen, Programme Coordinator proposed vote of thanks.Four technical sessions were delivered in the Workshop, which was followed by a panel discussion in which all the queriesraised on the various issues of IPR were cleared by the experts. Around 175 participants including Students and Facultyfrom the College and from other Engineering Colleges, Scientists, Researchers and Officials from Govt. Organizationsparticipated in the Workshop .

Views from the exhibition

•• 'New Dimensions of IPR' by Dr. R. Saha, Director, PFC- TIFAC, New Delhi.

•• 'Patenting System in India' by Shri. N. Ramchandani, Ex- Assistant Controller of Patents,New Delhi.

•• 'Novelty and Inventiveness: searching criteria' by Shri. Ravi Bhola, Patent Attorney,KNS Partners, Bangalore .

•• 'Patent searching techniques' by Shri. Yashawant Dev Panwar, Principal Scientific Officer,TIFAC, New Delhi.

Dr. R.Saha making his presentation Shri Yashwant Dev Panwar delivering his lecture

Shri. Ravi Bhola making his presentation

Lecture on "Intellectual Property Rights" at AlappuzhaPIC-Kerala organized a lecture on IPR in Govt. • iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiP~--Higher Seconda;.y School, Thanneermukkom,Alappuzha on 23 February, 2010. Smt. SindhuThulaseedharan, Lecturer, Department of Law,University of Kerala delivered the lecture.Around 300 participants including HigherSecondary and High School Students andTeachers attended the lecture.

Smt. Sindu Thulaseedharan delivering her lecture A view of the participants

Lecture on "Intellectual Property Rights" at Cherthala

PIC-Kerala organized a lecture on IPRin S.N.Trust Higher Secondary School,Cherthala on 23rd February, 2010.Smt. Sindhu Thulaseedharan,Lecturer, Department of Law,University of Kerala delivered thelecture. Around 250 participantsincluding Higher Secondary Studentsand Teachers attended the lecture.

Seminar on "Intellectual Property Rights" in ThiruvananthapuramPIC-Kerala in association with PAAziz College of Engineering, Thiruvananthapuram organized a one day Seminar on'Intellectual Property Rights' at P.A.Aziz College of Engineering, Karakulam, Thiruvananthapuram, on2411IFebruary, 2010. Shri. James Varghese lAS, Principal Secretary, General Education, Govt. of Kerala, inaugurated theSeminar. There were three technical sessions in the Seminar.

• 'Introduction to IPR and Patent Law' by Shri. R.S.Praveen Raj, Scientist, IP Management & TechnologyTransfer Group, NIIST, Thiruvananthapuram.

• 'Patenting System in India' by Shri. M. Ajith, Asst. Controller of Patents & Designs,Patent Office, Chennai.

• 'Legal dimensions of IPR' by Dr. Bismi Gopalakrishnan, Lecturer, Department of Law, University of Kerala,Thiruvananthapuram.

• 'Role of KSCSTE & PIC-Kerala in promoting IPR in the State of Kerala' by Mr. Safikh.S, Project Scientist,PIC-Kerala.

Dr. Bismi Gopalakrishnan making her presentation

Around 250 participants including the Students and Faculty from the College participated in the Seminar.

Two day "Exhibition on IPR" in Thiruvananthapuram

In connection with the exhibition organized by Govt. Polytechnic, Nedumangad as a part of their AnniversaryCelebrations, from 24th- zs" February, 2010, PIC-Kerala arranged a stall in which the exhibits containing information'son the various issues of IPR were exhibited. Booklets and Leaflets on IPR were distributed to the visitors. Around 1000people including Students and Faculty from the College and from various Institutions, Public, etc., visited the stall.

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Seminar on"lnteliectual Property Rights" in Thiruvananthapuram

PIC-Kerala in association with College of Engineering, Thiruvananthapuram organized a one day Seminar on'Intellectual Property Rights with special emphasis on Patents for Engineering Professionals' at College of Engineering,Sreekariyam, Thiruvananthapuram, on 25th February, 2010. Dr. J. Letha, Principal, College of Engineering,Thiruvananthapuram inaugurated the Seminar. There were three technical sessions in the Seminar in which various

•• 'Introduction to IPR and Patent Law' by Shri. R.S.Praveen Raj, Scientist, IP Management &TechnologyTransfer Group, NIIST, Thiruvananthapuram .

•• 'Patenting System in India' by Shri. M. Ajith, Asst. Controller of Patents & Designs,Patent Office, Chennai.

•• 'Legal dimensions of IPR' by Dr. Bismi Gopalakrishnan, Lecturer, Department of Law, University of Kerala,Thiruvananthapuram .

•• 'Role of KSCSTE & PIC-Kerala in promoting IPR in the State of Kerala' by Mr. Safikh.S, Project Scientist,PIC-Kerala.

Dr Bismi Gopalakrishnan making her presentation A view from the participants

Around 100 participants including the Students and Faculty from the College participated in the Seminar.

Lecture on "Intellectual Property Rights" in ThiruvananthapuramPIC-Kerala in association with the IPR Cell in Kerala University organized a lecture on IPR in University College ofEngineering,Thiruvananthapuram on 3'" March, 2010. Shri. Safikh.S, Project Scientist, PIC-Kerala delivered thelecture. Around 50 participants including Engineering Students and Faculty attended the lecture.

Three day "Exhibitionon IPR" in ThiruvananthapuramIn connection with the exhibition organized by Govt. Engineering College, Barton Hill, Thiruvananthapuram, as a part oftheir techno - cultural fest "Aagneya 3.0" organized from 5th

- r: March, 2010, PIC-Kerala arranged a stall in which theexhibits containing information's on the various issues of IPR were exhibited. Booklets and Leaflets on IPR weredistributed to the visitors. Around 1000 people including Students and Faculty from the College and from variousInstitutions, General Public, etc., visited the stall.

Seminar on "Intellectual Property Rights" in AluvaPIC-Kerala in association with Union Christian College, Aluva organized a one day Seminar on 'Intellectual PropertyRights' at Union Christian College,Aluva, on 11thMarch, 2010. Dr. T. Thomas Philip, Principal, U.C.Coliege inauguratedthe Seminar. Three technical sessions were delivered in the Seminar.

• 'Patents: A Tool to protect Inventions' by Shri. R.S.Praveen Raj, Scientist, IP Management & TechnologyTransfer Group, NIIST, Thiruvananthapuram.

• 'Copyrights, Designs & Trademarks' by Smt. Sindhu Thulaseedharan, Lecturer, Department of Law,University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram.

• 'How to prepare a Patent application' by Shri. M. Ajith, Asst. Controller of Patents & Designs, Patent Office,Chennai.

• 'Role of KSCSTE & PIC-Kerala in promoting IPR in the State of Kerala' by Mr. Safikh.S, Project Scientist,PIC-Kerala.

Shri. Ajith.M making his presentation A view from the participants

Around 150 participants including the Students and Faculty from the College as well as from the nearby Collegesparticipated in the Seminar.

Lecture on "IPR"in ThiruvananthapuramPIC-Kerala in association withthe University Institute ofTechnology (UIT), Neyyattinkara,Thiruvananthapuram organizeda lecture on IPR at UniversityStudy Centre, PMG,Thiruvananthapuram on12'" March, 2010. Shri. Safikh.S,Project Scientist, PIC-Keraladelivered the lecture. Around 100participants including SSCStudents and Teachers attended Shri. Safikh.S making his presentation Participants of the lecturethe lecture.

National Workshop on"IPR and Economic Development in theKnowledge Era" at KasaragodPIC-Kerala jointly with TIFAC, New Delhi & Govt. College, Kasaragod organized a one day National Workshop on'IPR and Economic Development in the Knowledge Era' at Govt. College, Kasaragod on 25th March, 2010.Shri. K. Ramesh Shai, Hon. Sub Judge & Assistant Sessions Judge, Kasaragod inaugurated the Workshop.Prof. V Gopinathan, Deputy Director, COllegiate Education and Prof. R Vasanthakumari, Vice-Principal of the Collegeoffered felicitation in the function. Dr. T. C. Kishor Mohan, Programme Co-ordinator welcomed the delegates andProf. P.Sankara Narayana Holla, HOD, Economics, proposed vote of thanks. Three technical sessions were delivered inthe Workshop, which was followed by a panel discussion in which all the queries raised on the various issues of IPR werecleared by the experts.

•• 'New Dimensions of IPR' by Shri. V. P. Balagangadharan, Brahmaprakash Scientist & Head, TechnologyTransfer & Documentation Group, VSSC, Thiruvananthapuram .

•• 'Patenting System in India' by Shri. K.M.vishwanathan, Former Deputy Controller of Patents & Designs, Chennai.

•• 'Novelty and Inventiveness: searching criteria' by Shri. Naveen. C, Patent Attorney, KNS Partners, Bangalore .

•• 'Role of KSCSTE & PIC-Kerala in promoting IPR in the State of Kerala' by Mr. Safikh.S, Project Scientist,PIC-Kerala.

Shri. K. Ramesh Bhat inaugurates the Workshop

Shri. K.M. Vishwanathan making his presentation

Shri. V.P. Balagangadharan delivering his lecture

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Around 150 participants including the Students and Faculty from the College participated in the Workshop.

IPRNEWSWIPO launches enhanced patent information service

WIPO has launched an enhanced online patent information service that will improve public access toinformation on patents filed and granted around the world. WIPO's PATENTSCOPE which currently hostsdata on more than 1.6 million international patent applications filed under the Patent Co-operation Treaty,has been extended to include several collections of national and regional patent information.

In the first phase, WIPO's PATENTSCOPE include the patent data collections of eight patent offices likeAfrican Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO), CUBA, Israel, Republic of Korea, Mexico,Singapore, South Africa and Vietnam. The expansion of WI PO's PATENTSCOPE data collection makes itpossible to conduct high quality, detailed and free of charge searches of the patent information of theparticipating offices. The new service is the result of cooperation agreements between WIPO and theparticipating national and regional patent offices. WIPO provides technical assistance to offices to assistthem in the digitization and dissemination of their patent data. Similar agreements are underway withseveral additional offices and others will be added overtime.

(Source: Journal of IPR, NISCAIR, Vol 15, January, 2010)

Traditional knowledge: Concern on access pact

The access agreement that India has signed with foreign patent offices to share Traditional KnowledgeDigital Library (TKDL) in the form of a 'prior art' could undermine its confidentiality. 'Prior art' is meant toencompass everything that has been published, presented or otherwise disclosed to public on the date ofpatent and includes documents in foreign languages disclosed in any format in any country.

TKDL contains approximately 2.08 lakh formulations based on Ayurveda, Unani, Siddha and Yoga. Thesehave been transcribed in five international languages viz. English, French, German, Spanish andJapanese, with the objective of preventing its misappropriation at international patent offices.

Access agreement has been signed with the European Patent Office (EPO) and US Patents andTrademark Office (USPTO) on the premise that the database shall be used for search and examinationonly and shall not make any third party disclosure except for the purpose of giving a copy to theinventor/applicant as citation. But it is hard for the patent offices to keep the contents ofTKDL secret fromthird parties, since no patent could be granted without disclosing the entire gamut of coded traditionalknowledge (TK) associated with the invention to the claimant, says Mr. R.S. Praveen Raj who was who is aformer examiner of Indian Patent Office and presently Scientist in the National Institute for InterdisciplinaryScience and Technology (NIIST).

(Source: The Hindu Business Line, 25.01.2010)

Proposed law to give copyright to film directors

The HRD Ministry has come up with a bill which confers copyright of a film not just up on the producer, butalso on the director. For films made after the proposed law comes in to force, the producer and director willbe 'treated jointly as the first owner of the copyright'. Thus, the director is finally getting his due as thecreator. Since the proposed clause equating the director with the producer will apply prospectively (fromthe day the law is enacted), the directors of films already produced will not get the full benefit of this reform.

The bill seeks to compensate them by extending the copyright term for such films from 60 years to 70 yearsafter the death of their first copyright owners.

The proposed Copyright Act Amendment Bill 2009 is being vetted by law ministry. After getting theclearance from the cabinet, it will be introduced in the Parliament.

(Source: Journal of IPR, NISCAIR, Vol 15, January, 2010)

HR min introduces Copyright amendment in Rajya Sabha

The Copyright Amendment Bill 2010 was introduced in the Rajya Sabha by the Union government on19th April, 2010, seeking amendments to the CopyrightAct, 1957.

India will bring its copyright laws in line with international standards in internet and digital technology, providingfor stringent punishment up to two years imprisonment for violation, a PTI report said.

"In order to extend protection of copyright material in India over digital networks such as internet and othercomputer networks related to literary, dramatic, musical and artistic works, films and sound recordings, theexisting Act is being amended to harmonise it with global treaties, Union Human Resource and Development(HRD) Minister Kapil Sibal said while introducing the amendment. He added that the changes are inconformity with the provisions of the World Intellectual Property Organisation's WIPO Copyright Treaty (WCT)and WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty (WPPT).

Once the amendments are incorporated in the Act, it will also ensure that film song lyricists, composers andscreenplay writers also get their rights on royalty, unlike now when they get just a one-time professional fee.

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