INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS CELL

Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) is concerned with the protection of tangible and intangible property. It provides rewards and recognition to inventor/contributor for their research, designs, discoveries, inventions, etc.

University IPR and Research Cell was established to quest bridge between academic activities and ever-dynamic requirement of the university and industry. This interface promotes the collaboration among academicians-industrialist to develop state-of-the–art manpower for socio economic development under the present competitive global scenario. This cell is dedicated to increase the awareness and opportunities amongst young guns to provide them competent career choices. Moreover, this Cell arranges various activities like IPR awareness workshop, Industry Training program, Industrial cum research Projects, Industrial Visits, Guest Lectures, Workshop, Conferences, Seminars, Case Studies and Research Work. The cell has already filed more than 30 patents/copyrights. The IPR and Research Cell strive to fulfil the objective of making SGVU Jaipur recognized as a global leader in research and education.

The IPR and Research Cell seek to leverage the traditional strengths of SGVU and to acquire and develop new strengths. In particular, it seeks to nurture large groups of faculty working on transformational technologies that have the potential to address the societal challenges faced in India today with regard to water, energy, healthcare, housing, education, agriculture, irrigation, digitization etc. Industry and government funded research and development is a major component of this effort.

Roles and Responsibilities of the IPR Cell

1. IPR Cell shall be responsible for overseeing the implementation of all recommendations and decisions pertaining to IP management.

2. IPR Cell shall be the responsible authority for guiding the university with regard to material transfer agreements (MTA), and IP licensing agreements.

3. IPR Cell may suggest changes in the IPR Policy or new policies as and when deemed necessary.

4. Screening of all requests for patent applications shall be done by the IPR Cell.

5. IPR Cell will support the university and the researchers for negotiating technology transfer and benefit-sharing agreements.

6. In cases where in a researcher wants to use university owned IP for creating a start-up, the researcher may place a request before the IPR Cell, and after taking into consideration all the relevant aspects, the IPR Cell may recommend the university to allow the researcher to use the IP. The IPR Cell may also put forward its recommendations on the extent to which the researcher can use the university owned trademarks with regard to the activities of that start-up.

7. Whenever required, the IPR Cell shall clarify to the researchers and the university whether the research in question can be considered as research with incidental support of university, research with substantial support of the university, and/ or research with substantial support of external partners.

8. IPR Cell will keep proper records of all IP applications from the university.

9. While replying to applications under the Right to Information Act 2005 (“RTI Act”), IPR Cell may ensure that the novelty of the innovations (for the purpose of patent protection) shall not be defeated. The relevant provisions of the RTI Act may be consulted in this regard.

10. In cases of allegations of infringements of IPRs by any researcher of the university or any third party, the university may refer the matter to IPR Cell and seek its opinion on appropriate course of action.

11. In cases wherein any third party infringes upon the IPRs of university, the university may seek the opinion of IPR Cell on the appropriate action to be taken and the IPR Cell may make recommendations to the Vice Chancellor for any legal course of action.

12. The IPR Cell may conduct periodic audit of university IP.

Objectives

IPR Policy intends to promote an eco-system which is conducive to the development of diverse varieties of research and innovation. A balanced approach in the area of IP protection, as followed in this IPR Policy, can also play a major role in promoting start-ups by enabling equitable access to knowledge and technology resources. In this regard, the specific objectives of this IPR Policy are:

1. To promote more research and innovation within universities through a balanced IP management approach.
2. To provide more freedom and autonomy to researchers for IP creation and management, in order to create a better eco-system for innovation and entrepreneurship within the state.
3. To promote more collaborations between the academia and industry through better clarity on IP ownership and IP licensing.
4. To promote and encourage high quality research, including adoption of open science practices.
5. To ensure better and equitable access to results from publicly-funded research through broader dissemination of knowledge.
6. To ensure more optimal utilisation of results obtained from publicly-funded research through better diffusion of knowledge.
7. To promote bilateral and/or multilateral agreements for technology transfer mechanisms within the University.
8. To promote intra-academia and inter-university research collaborations.

Patents Filed by Suresh Gyan Vihar University

Patents applications in process

Workshop on IPR

Report of the IPR Workshop

Glimpses of the hosted workshop on Training of Trainers: