| Backdrop |
India's
accession to World Trade Organization (WTO) demands not only an urgent
attention by the Indians S&T to enhancing the levels of innovation
and creativity but also to the professional management of Intellectual
Property (IP). Also the strong performance of CSIR in science now need
to be channelised for exploiting it for economic advantage . CSIR presently
files annually and owns more number of Indian Patents than any other Organisation,
but its total stock of patents abroad does not compare favourably with
the stock held by other similar industrial R&D organizations elsewhere.
These perceptions have necessitated the enunciation and communication
of an Intellectual Property(IP) Policy for CSIR. |
| Policy
Statement |
The
CSIR IP policy would thus be:
“To
maximize the benefits to CSIR from its intellectual capital by stimulating
higher levels of innovation through a judicious system of rewards, ensuring
timely and effective legal protection for its IP and leveraging and forging
strategic alliances for enhancing the value of its IP” |
| Goals
of IP Policy |
The
goals of CSIR IP policy are thus to :
-
Stimulate
and encourage increased creativity and innovation in CSIR to gain economic
advantage
-
develop
skills amongst the scientists to understand, interpret and analyze the
techno-legal and business information contained in patents and other IP
documents
-
use the
information acquired from analysis of IP documents to direct and mount
strategic R&D programmes
-
establish
a globally acceptable system of recording and documentation of experimental’
results and data
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Evolve
appropriate systems to captured and assess the intellectual property generated
in the CSIR system
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Provide
the highest level of professional technolegal services for securing and
protecting the IP generated
-
manage
the portfolio of IP as a business activity
-
manipulate
the patent portfolio, defensively / and aggressively, to forge strategic
alliances/international S&T collaborations, to gain business advantage/
and ward of competition
-
develop
the Intellectual Property Management Division (IPMD) of CSIR as a center
of Excellence in IP matters and
-
mobilize
and influence national thinking on IP related issues and concerns
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| Strategy
to implement the Policy |
The
goals of IP policy are to be achieved by:
-
nurturing
a strong innovation base in CSIR through a balanced system of recognition
and rewards ranging from according due weightage in promotions to monetary
and other forms rewards
-
investing
liberally to enhance the skills and knowledge base of scientists, through
structured in-house and external professional training programmes, some
even abroad, on understanding, interpreting and analyzing the techno-legal
and business information contained in IP documents, and in drafting of
IP documents
-
identifying
and mounting applied research projects after thorough analysis and assessment
of techno-legal and business information in related IP documents and monitoring
global patent position for mid-term project appraisal for which requisite
pre-project budget and funds would be allocated
-
establishing
and enforcing a formal mechanism of recording and authentication of R&D
output / results taking into account the individual characteristics of
each laboratory and its activities , that would be accepted and respected
by the patenting authorities the world over
-
encourage
the publication of R&D results in scientific papers after careful consideration
of the consequence of IP rights. A quick and effective system at each laboratory
would be established to scrutinize the scientific papers and media
releases on achievements/ developments proposed in terms of the IP
information contained therein
-
availing
the services of high-class national and foreign consultants and attorneys
to advise on and to secure IP rights for CSIR
-
monitoring
national & international patents and other IP, though access to on-line
databases, to ensure effective protection and to ward off infringements
and threats to CSIR’s IP portfolio and vice-a-versa
-
analyzing
and assessing techno-legal and business information and market intelligence
to identify strategic alliance and to exploit potential uncovered niche
areas of opportunities and offer on a merchant bases value added patent
information services
-
strengthening
the IPMD of CSIR through infusion of qualified and trained
staff, empanelment of outstanding consultants and a highlevel advisory
committee to enable it to develop as a Centre Excellence and a national
resource for Intellectual Property and
-
mobilizing
public opinion and influencing government decision / policy on diverse
IP issues through analytical and scientific studies taken up in-house commissioned
nationally and internationally and spearheading the movement towards
formulating a national IP policy
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