Prabuddha Ganguli

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IPRinternalise ..A Pathway to seamless
Integration of IPR into Innovation Processes

• Prabuddha Ganguli
• CEO
• VISION-IPR
• 101-201, Sun View Heights, Plot 262,
• Sher-e-Punjab, Andheri East, Mumbai 400093
• Tel [phone] Fax [phone]
• e-mail pgang_at_mtnl.net.in

Presentation at BIOVISIONAlexandria
2008 14.04.2008
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Perception of IPR similar to Four Blindfolded
Men who encountered an elephant and reported
The elephant is like a wall
The elephant is like a snake
The elephant is like a rope
The elephant is like a pillar
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Wealth Generation Distribution in
Interdependent Economies
Can this trend be reversed or atleast corrected?
Financial Resources
Intellectual Property
Products
Education, Research Development
Knowledge HRD
Wealth
Specialised Skills
Services
Human Resources
Developed Countries
Social Progress
Individual Progress
Social Progress
Individual Progress
Human Resources
Knowledge HRD
Education, Research Development
Wealth
Services
Financial Resources
Specialised Skills
Developing/Least Developed Countries
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Role of Educational and RD Institutions in a
Knowledge Driven Economy
Intellectual Property
Financial Resource
Products
Education, Research Development
Knowledge HRD
Wealth
Specialised Skills
Human Resources
Services
Social Progress
Individual Progress
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Cumulative Experience
Knowledge
Iterative
Process
Wisdom
Internalisation
Way of Life
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How do we Innovatively Infuse IPR into
Structured Innovation Processes without
negatively impacting creativity? .. and further
diffuse it in our society
A Challenge
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Internalise Intellectual Property and Strategic
Management of IPR
Ref Intellectual Property Rights.. Unleashing
the Knowledge Economy P. Ganguli ( Tata
McGraw Hill, New Delhi 2001)
INNOVATION PROCESS

• CONCEPTS

OUTPUT
MARKET

• Working through the
• IP grid
• Patents other IPR Filings/Registrations
• Strategy for Foreign Filings
• Licensing Options
• Joint Developments

• Product / Technology Lifecycle
• Managing IPR Portfolio
• Monitoring IPR
• Policing IPR
• Enforcing IPR

• Opportunities
• Mapping innovation pathwaysStrategic options
  and procuring funds

• IPR Portfolio creation
• Strategic tieups

Record Maintenance Updating IPR Information
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IP Information as a resource

• Training young minds to effectively exploit IP
  information in their term papers and projects

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Student Project-problem identification
Do we know what is known?
Do we know what is protected?
Do we know how to bypass what is known and
protected?
Do we know how to DESIGN SOLUTIONS
Do we know how to ENGINEER AN INVENTIVE STEP
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Path to IPRinternalise
Creation of IPR LITERATE human resource
Development of IPR LITERATE intra-institutional
human resource
Interactive dynamic learning Enabling
Environment
Intra institutional working groups of students,
IPR LITERATE resource
Student Project problem identification
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Education
IPRinternalise. Patent as a Vehicle
To develop knowledge, skill, character of human
being
About 70 of Knowledge In Patent Databases
Patent Specification A rich source of
Technical Information
Patentability Aspects
Process of Education
Patent Search
Novelty
Acquisition of information
Technical Advance
Evaluate information
Inventive Step
Synthesize and analyze information
Practical Solution to the Technical Problem
Application of information to interact with an
idea or experience
Useful
Societal benefit
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Conceptual Frame work of IPRinternalise
Enhance Quality of Education
Sustainable Activity
Operational Support
Identify people
IPR Policy
Student
Training
patent filing systems, patent search facilities
Development of Critical Mass
Outreach
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IPRinternalise
A Scalable Model
Cost Effective
High Adaptability within Core Groups
Peer to Peer Transfer of Literacy and Expertise
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Hub Spoke Model Peer to peer transfer of IPR
literacy and Expertise
HUB Institution
Spoke Institute 3
Spoke Institute 2
Spoke Institute 1
Hub to create spoke Spoke to become hub to
create spoke chain propagation
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Establishing Communities of IP Enablers and
IP Practice
Hub and Spoke IP Core Groups
Networking for peer to peer interaction and
learning
Exploiting EXISTING Government channels
Utilize power of IT TOOLS
LET PEPOPLE REALIZE POWER WITHIN
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Output
Development of IP expertise and capability within
Technical Educational Institutions
Creating an urge to Internalise IP as a process
of learning
Enhance quality of Technically qualified students
Building of a CREATIVE LEARNING ETHICAL SOCIETY
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Bonus
Patents and other IPR from student / faculty
Projects
Technology transfer and benefit sharing
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IPRinternalise
An Effective tool to develop open, inspired
prepared and enriched minds
and Seamlessly
integrate IPR in Technical Education
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IPR Mediated Education System
Job Opportunities In diverse companies
Educational Institution
Teaching learning process
Higher Education
Qualified Student
Student
Entrepreneur
Evaluation
Theory
Practical
Project
Educated Student
Syllabus
IPR is an embedded TOOL
IPR LITERATE Enriched Human Resource
No SYLLABUS No EXAM
IPR IS WAY OF LIFE