Workshops on Management of IP Rights in Biotechnology

Workshops on Management of Intellectual Property (IP) Rights in Biotechnology

Bangalore :

Date: January 8-9, 2009

Pune :

Date: February 5-6, 2009

Chandigarh :

Date: March 2009

FEE STRUCTURE

1. Scientists/Academicians - Rs. 700/- per participants

2. Students - Rs. 500/- per participants

(The Registration fee may please be remitted though demand draft/at par cheques only in favour of “Biotech Consortium India Limited, New Delhi” payable at New Delhi)

TRAVEL, BOARDING AND LODGING

(To be arranged by the participants on their own)

Registration Form – Bangalore

Registration Form – Pune

HOW TO APPLY

Applicants are requested to send the duly filled in registration form

alongwith registration fee to:

Vinod Kumar

Assistant Manager

Biotech Consortium India Limited

5th Floor, Anuvrat Bhawan

210, Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Marg

New Delhi – 110002

Tel.: 011-2321 9064-67

Fax: 011-2321 9063

Email: bcildelhi@vsnl.com; Vinod@biotech.co.in

Website: www.bcil.nic.in

(Due to limited seats, all applications received may not be accommodated. BCIL reserves the right of selection of participants)

STRUCTURE OF THE PROGRAMME

This workshop would focus on the following:

(i) Fundamentals of Intellectual Property

Ø Introduction to the basic concepts of Intellectual Property

Ø Types of IP protection

Ø International agreements linked to IPR

(ii) Basics about Patent

Ø Patent as a monopoly right

Ø Criteria for patentability

Ø Who can file Patent

Ø Types of Patents

Ø What is a Patent Document

Ø Types of Patent applications

Ø Patentable subject matter

(iii) Indian patent system

Ø Legislation

Ø Administration

Ø Patent office

Ø Patentable & non-patentable subject matter in the Indian context

(iv) From filing to grant: What happens to an application at the Indian Patent Office

Ø Filing

Ø Publication

Ø Examination of the application and grant.

Ø Patent Oppositions

Ø Date and Term of patent

Ø Fees, Renewals

Ø Restoration of patents

Ø Infringement, appeal

(v) Patenting in Biotechnology

Ø What are biotechnological (BT) inventions

Ø Criteria for patentability

Ø Deposit of Biological Materials

Ø The Legal Basis-Patentable/Non Patentable Biotechnological

inventions.

Ø IPR regime for plant biotechnology

Ø Protection of new plant varieties

(vi) Issues related to biotechnology

Ø Gene patents

Ø Ethics

Ø Environmental Safety

(vii) Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT)

Ø International filing procedures (Convention & PCT)

Ø Importance of PCT

Ø PCT system and procedures

Ø International phase

Ø National phase

(viii) IP Management and Commercialization of Biotechnologies

Ø Management of IP in Biotechnology sector

Ø Impact of TRIPS on Indian biotech sector

Ø Technology transfer mechanism

(ix) Patent Search

Ø Prior art search

Ø Importance of prior art search for biotechnology and genetic resources

Ø PCT and prior art search

Ø Introduction to Patent Mapping

(x) Drafting of Patent applications.

Ø Provisional/Complete Specification

Ø Drafting of filing of the basic (priority) patent application

- priority right

- claims

- description (specification)

§ title

§ statements (priority claim, Create act, etc.)

§ background

§ summary of the invention

§ description of the drawings

§ detailed description of the invention

§ description of the invention

§ research data

§ working examples

§ deposit statement

§ claims

§ abstract

Ø Follow - up Filings

§ Follow - up filings and publication

§ Search, examination and grant

(xi) Extracting value from IP

Ø Introduction and overview - IP port folio management

Ø Various Technology/License agreements

Ø Types, issues, etc. involved in licensing

(xii) Case studies in IPR and group exercises