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IIT Kharagpur Law Students to Draft Real-time Patents for Institute’s Innovations

EventsIntellectual property, Intellectual property rights, IP Law, IPR, law, law school, LLB, patent, Rajiv Gandhi School of Intellectual Property Law, technology and law

In 2006 IIT Kharagpur had introduced a new academic discipline in the IIT system - Intellectual Property Law, seed-funded by distinguished alumnus Dr. Vinod Gupta. Over the years, Rajiv Gandhi School of Intellectual Property Law, the law school at IIT Kharagpur has not only expanded its scope across all academic verticals of law education but has emerged as one of India’s top law schools. With Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) still as the key domain, the school has been instrumental in promoting IPR workshops for young innovators. A few years back a drive was undertaken at the School to promote Geographical…

Feathers in the Cap

Eventsarchitecture, Department of Architecture and Regional Planning, institute, institutional, Intellectual property, Intellectual property rights, IP, IP Law, IPR, law, law school, Management, MHRD, NIRF, Rank, ranking, Regional Planning, VGSoM, Vinod Gupta School of Management

Careers 360 India Education Diary IIT Kharagpur has emerged among the country’s best and as the only IIT to qualify and excel in four disciplines - Architecture (1st), Engineering (4th), Law (4th) and Management (6th), taking on specialized schools in their domains. Speaking about the feat of excelling in non-engineering categories, Director Prof. P P Chakrabarti emphasised on the uniqueness of each of these specialized disciplines within the IIT system. “While there are specialized institutions in these subject areas, being part of IIT Kharagpur has catapulted the growth of these disciplines in a matter of a few decades due…

Earn your spurs

EventsCRISPR, Innovation, invention, IPR, law school, legal rights, RGSOIPL

Science and technology can be used to create a number of innovations useful in various facets of life. Sometimes the true value of a research work remains unexplored and the innovator is unable to fully exploit the invention commercially. A different situation may arise where some other person copies or misuses an invention without the permission of the true inventor. So it is essential to protect the right of an inventor which not only prevents misuse and copying of an invention but also promotes further innovation. Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) are a kind of legal right which gives privileges to…