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Intellectual property plays an important role in providing a competitive edge to any Institution. IPR Cell was constituted in Marudhar Kesari Jain College for Women on April 30, 2022. The tangible assets like inventions, designs, software, brand name and other creative & innovative ideas are more valuable than physical assets.

In Marudhar Kesari Jain College for Women started an Intellectual property rights cell (MKJC IPR) under the leadership of Principal. MKJC IPR Cell is committed to encourage, protect, manage and commercialize Intellectual Property such as Patent, Copyright, Trademark, etc. generated through the College. The cell creates a conducive environment in the academics for the development of Intellectual Property. Faculty and students of MKJC are actively participating in the IPR filing process in different disciplines of Arts & Science College.

Vision 

To use the intellectual property   protection system as a stimulus for the social, cultural, technological and economic growth of the country

Mission 

To establish a comprehensive well-balanced and effective system for the protection and enforcement of effective system for the protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights Intellectual property rights.

Development of various IP thought leadership programmes including conducting multi-disciplinary research into IP and related areas and organizing high level conferences and round tables.

IMPORTANCE OF IPR

It is necessary to protect the Intellectual property in order to enable organizations to earn recognition or financial benefits. Governments of various countries protect the innovative ideas of the inventors through Intellectual Property Rights (IPR). Recently, IPR has become a central issue in the developed and developing countries. The rationale for this IPR lies in the need to create awareness about the importance of IPRs as a marketable financial asset and economic tool among the researchers, faculty and students of the College.

Intellectual property Rights: means the rights derived from the IP e.g. Patents, registered designs, copyright etc. Indian Government has revised the National IPR Policy in May 2016 and its vision, mission and objectives are given as follows.

Types of IP

The intellectual properties can be broadly listed as follows:

a) Patent: is an exclusive right granted for an invention, which is a product or a process that provides a new way of doing something, or offers a new technical solution to a problem.

b) Copyright: is an exclusive right given to the author of the original literary, architectural, dramatic, musical and artistic works; cinematograph films; and sound recordings.

c) Trade/Service mark: means a mark capable of being represented graphically and which is capable of distinguishing the goods or services of one person from those of others and may include shapes of goods, their packaging and combination of colours.

d) Industrial Design: means only the features of shape, configuration, pattern, ornament or composition of lines or colours applied to any article whether in two dimensional or three dimensional or in both forms, by any industrial process or means, whether manual, mechanical or chemical, separate or combined, which in the finished article appeal to and are judged solely by the eye;  but does not include any mode or principle of construction or anything which is in substance a mere mechanical device.

e) IC Layout Designs: means a layout of transistors and other circuitry elements and includes lead wires connecting such elements and expressed in any manner in a semiconductor integrated circuit.

f) New Plant Variety: a plant variety that is novel, distinct and shows a uniform and stable characteristics.

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