Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)
has been used by the developed countries as a business
tool to achieve economic gains in the world of competitive
technological scenario. With the opening up of the
Indian economy, Indian companies have to compete not
only within the country but the overseas giants.
TNTDPC is an autonomous society of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII),
and Government of Tamil Nadu . This center will promote IPR awareness via programmers
and also help industry/ entrepreneurs in patent search/analysis activities.
The center will take up consultancy projects to help SMEs file patents and
protect the IP generated.
Who
can benefit from IPR and how
Research in R&D Labs / University
/ Industry
* To protect inventions
* To avoid duplications of research
* To assess State of the Art before initiating R&D
* To find ready solution to technical problem in ongoing research
* To keep abreast of the development in the concerned technology field
Industry (including Arts & Cultural Industry)
* To Protect invention / copyrights / design / marks etc.
* To improve existing technology
* To produce cheaper & better product
* To find solutions to technical problems
* To assess State of the Art before initiating manufacturing project
* To identify suitable technology for adoption by evaluating alternative
technologies
Patent Agents / Applications for patents
* To ascertain patentability of the invention
* To avoid rejection of patent application
* To avoid patent infringement
Law Enforcing institutions /Agency
* To provide justice to issues regarding IPR
* To restrict infringed products coming into the market
The country / State & the Common man
* To protect traditional knowledge / skill & Geographical Indications
* Encourage Foreign Investment by providing Indian Patent
Information and by protecting their product / services.
Patent: A Unique Source of Information
* A large percentage of technology disclosed
in patents in never published in any other document
* Patents contain complete details of the invention including its method
of working
* Patents are easily accessible through use of International Patent Classification
* Patents form one of the earliest publication of patented invention
* Patent documentation forms a single store house of technological
info rmation covering widest range of technical
fields irrespective of level of sophistication of technology.
