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Intellectual Properties Rights are mainly statutory rights which allow the creator or owner of the product work to prevent others from exploiting the same commercial for a certain period of time. These right makes the creator /inventor as the owner of the product/work IPR is not a modern concept, it’s roots can be tracedBack in the 15th century when invention of the printing press enable copying of the literary works. This illegitimate copying led to the emergence of the certain status to protect individual creation and invention. That was the beginning of the journey of the PRs which has now taken a global shape in the form of world intellectual property Organisation (WIPO) and TRIPS (Trade Related intellectual property right agreement.As there are several ways and means of protecting the tangible assets, similarly, there are several tools to safeguard the intangible properties i.e. a book, a poem, a scientific or technological invention, industrial or agricultural creation, a broadcast, a film or anything that is created originally by human resources. Following are the tools of protecting originality and creativity.Trade mark: A mark can be a logo, a symbol, word, phrase, jingle, picture, sound or even smell or a combination of all these which is used to distinguish one works/service from another. Trademark provides a distinct identity to a particular good/service and thus protects it from being copied.Trade Secret: Trade Secret protection is a safeguard to protect the secrets of a product or a work.Patent: A patent is the right of an individual or group of individuals in the form of a company/ organisation to gain profit from a particular invention or unique manufacturing process. A patent is basically an intellectual property relating to scientific and technological inventions. A patent is granted by the Government of the country to the applicant and gives the inventor the rights for a limited period to prevent others from using that invention in any form without permission. When a patent is granted, the inventor becomes the owner of the patent. Like any other form of property, a patent can be transacted purchased, sold or even mortgaged.Copyright: It is a tool protecting the original literary works i.e. books, novels, lyrics, songs, computer programmes etc. The moment these creations come into existence, they become the property of the creator.A design is the presentation of the whole or part of a product resulting from the features, of colour, size, shape, texture or materials of a product or its packaging.Potential Employers: · FMCG s and durable goods industries.· Law firms.· Institute/ Firms/ Companies working on agriculture.· Institutes offering courses in IPR· Software companies.· Pharmaceuticals.· Institute / Companies / Organisations working on science ant technology.· The courses in IPR are mainly geared towards latest technology trends, strategies, intellectual property rights: Industrial, agricultural, literary and information technology related, management of IPRs, national and international IPR issues and such other aspects.Types of courses available: · P.G. Diploma in Intellectual Property rights. · P.G. Diploma in Patent Basics and Introduction to IPR.· P.G. Diploma in Patent Litigation.· P.G. Diploma in Cyber Laws and Intellectual Property Rights.· Diploma in Intellectual Property law.· Diploma in Intellectual Property Rights (full time)· Diploma in Intellectual Property Rights ( Distance Learning)· Certificate course in IPR.Duration OF Course:Ranging From 5630/- to Rs. 18,000/Some of the Institutions offering courses in IPR and related issues:1. Bio informatics Institute of India; C-56A, /28, Sector – 52, NOIDA- 201301.e.mail: ipr@bioinformatics.org2. Symbiosis Society’s Law College, Senapati Bapat Road, Pune – 411004.(India)e.mail: info@symlaw.ac.in3. Express Pharma Pulse, Business Publication Divisions, Indian Express Newspapers(Mumbai) Ltd. Ist Floor, Express Towers, Nariman Point, Mumbai- 400021.4. Indira Gandhi National Open University, http://www.ignou.ac.in
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