Institution’s Innovation Council, JIMS Rohini Sector-5 organized a guest session on "IPR AWARENESS" by Mr. Nitish Aggarwal, Examiner of Patents and Designs in Intellectual Property Office, Ministry of Commerce and Industry on 08th Feb 2022. The event was a collaborative event of Indian Patent office with JIMS to celebrate “Azadi ka Amrit Mohatsav” undertaken by the Government of India to celebrate our journey since independence.
The guest speaker started the session with the importance of Intellectual property rights. He further addressed different types of IPRs and how they work. There was an engaging question and answer round and many students also got a view about working in this field. The objective of the session was to make students understand the need of Intellectual Property Rights.
Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) plays an important role in augmenting Economic Growth in today’s world. Creativity and innovation are new drivers of the world economy. With the increase in relevance of Intellectual property, it is important to recognize the role of the IP system in the growth of the nation. Intellectual property (IP) refers to creations of the mind, such as inventions; literary and artistic works; designs; and symbols, names, and images used in commerce
Intellectual property protection is critical to fostering innovation. Without the protection of ideas, individuals and companies would not reap the full benefits of their inventions and would focus less on research and development. An expert talk was organized to educate students about Intellectual Property Rights, patents, trademarks, and copyrights and how one can apply for them, and what is the procedure to do so and to encourage inventive skills in students for becoming a better innovators
At the end, the speaker took a short and fun quiz. Everyone thoroughly enjoyed the quiz and actively participated.
It was a good learning experience. The session turned out to be an interesting session.