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CENTRE FOR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY STUDIES

KIIT UNIVERSITY

KIIT University is one of the youngest institutions to be awarded the deemed

university status under Section 3 of the UGC Act of 1956 in India. It hastravelled a fascinating journey from being a technical institute to a multi-

disciplinary university. It has 25schools providing more than 50 academic

programmes, catering to more than 20000 under-graduate, post-graduate

and doctoral students. Students from nearly 20 countries are pursuing their

students here while student researchers from KIIT are engaged in academic

activities in more than15 countries.

Along with the excellent infrastructure, the University provides a diverse

environment to the students engaged in multiple disciplines for the

wholesome personality development, a fact that puts KIIT in league with the

best institutions of the country.

SCHOOL OF LAW, KIIT UNIVERSITY

School of Law, KIIT University (KSOL) was established in 2007 to meet the

growing demand for legal professionals in the wake of globalization and

rapid expansion of Indias economy. Academic programmes of the School are

recognized and approved by the Bar Council of India (BCI), the apex body

regulating the legal education in India and UGC. At present, KSOL is the

only law school in India having specialized honours courses in Business

Law, Constitutional Law, Crime and Criminology, Intellectual Property Law,

Taxation Law and International Law.

Legal education is multidimensional; it requires not only procedural skills

but also a deep understanding in various epistemologies. Legal studies are

now mixed with management or scientific analytical skills to advance

rationale and judicious thought. The curriculum of KSOL has evolved upon

these paradigms. As an institution of excellence, KSOL is dedicated to

nurturing students into leaders by inculcating in them the intellectual and

ethical values that will mould them into socially responsible professionals as

an instrument of social change to confront the challenges thrown up by an

increasingly industrialized and complex milieu. KSOL is constantly

innovating to ensure new and better ways of training professors of the legal

fraternity of tomorrow, who would be competent as well as worthy of public

trust.


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PREAMBLE

The Centre of Intellectual Property Studies (CIPS) is being established with a

view to integrate a techno-legal sphere of law such as intellectual property

and to pursue fundamental and applied research in this field, which, it is

believed, will be of significance to the institution, the industry and the

academia. This Centre aims to provide a common platform to research

persons, academicians, industry personnel, policy-makers, legal

practitioners and students to discuss the multitudes of activities relating to

traditional and upcoming areas related to intellectual property law and

practice.

With increasing allocation and investment of resources nurturing innovation

and creativity becoming crucial to developmental strategies adopted by

entities the world over, harnessing, protection and controlled dissemination

of the creations of human intellect have become indispensable tools aimed

at social and commercial value addition. CIPS, like KIIT University, of which

it is a part, places due emphasis on promoting multidisciplinary studies and

research, and it is envisaged to be a forum for facilitating knowledge transfer

and collaborative research amongst a broad spectrum of stake holders,

contributories and beneficiaries.

Article 1: Aims and Objectives of the CIPS:

This Centre is hereby established to cater to the following objects:-

1.To contribute to the existing body of knowledge by undertakingdedicated research in hitherto unexplored domains of intellectual

property laws and by consolidating the knowledge so acquired.2.To organise campaigns, seminars and workshops aimed at sensitizing

and propagating awareness regarding intellectual property and its

significance.

3.To enhance communication between policy makers, organizations,academics and managers on points of critical understanding and

research on intellectual property.

4.To build an IPR law database for effective networking between allstake holders.


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5.To develop an automated mechanism to register and protect extantand future IP.

Article 2: Activities and Events:

1.The Centre proposes to undertake research projects and workingpaper series in the diversified field of intellectual property,

collaborative or solely, with such research specifically focusing on

relatively unexplored and novel areas in this field.

2.The Centre endeavours to conduct workshops and training sessionsfor stimulating young minds and spread IP awareness amongst the

general masses.

3.The Centre seeks to collaborate with other organizations in order todiscover and assist in the recognition and acknowledgement of

creativity and innovativeness in the deprived and marginalised sectors

of society.

4.The Centre seeks to conduct Conferences, Seminars and other alliedcompetitions such as Essay Competition, Quiz Competition etc. in the

field of intellectual property.

5.The Centre seeks to conduct Industry-Interactive workshops thatwould consist of initiating dialogue between members of the industry,

academia, Government officials and other stakeholders, to exchange

their knowledge over the current issues on intellectual property. The

Centre also seeks to initiate a dialogue amongst all the stakeholders

and to work together to shape a policy group advocating the need and

importance of a dynamic intellectual property recognition and

protection system for sustaining economic growth.

6.The Centre proposes to publish an annual journal, such journalpublishing the research undertaken by the Centre in the year for

which it is published, along with contributions from other

stakeholders / researchers in this domain.

7.The Centre will review the syllabi of the Intellectual Property LawGeneral and Honours courses as offered at the School of Law, and will

suggest improvements and modifications towards developing a model

curriculum best suited towards the needs of the institution and thestudents.


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