1) Intellectual property refers to creations of the human mind like ideas, inventions, and artistic works, and intellectual property rights give the creators control over the use of their works. 2) Intellectual property rights are important as they reward original efforts, stimulate innovation and creativity, prevent duplication of work, provide commercial value in research, and prevent exploitation. 3) The main forms of intellectual property rights discussed are patents, which protect inventions; copyrights, which protect original creative works; trademarks, which protect brands and logos; and industrial designs, trade secrets, geographical indications, integrated circuits, and plant variety protections.

1. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
(IPR)
Mr. Deepak D. Gadade
Asst. Professor,
Dept. of Pharmaceutics,
Shri Bhagwan College of Pharmacy, Aurangabad
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3. Creativity
G. Bell
Michael
Faraday
G. Bell
Electro magnetic
waves
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4. What is Intellect is property?
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5. Intellectual property
• Creation of human mind and intellect
• Idea or a concept or a thought at the
beginning
• Research and Development to lead the idea or
thought to practice
• The outcome of these ideas may be
development of products, processes, works
marks and design, etc.
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6. Intellect is property?
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7. Why IPR is important?
• Reward original efforts
• Stimulate innovation and
creativity
• Prevent duplication of
work?
• Commercial value in
research?
• Prevent exploitation of
workers?
• Technical information for
research & to prevent
litigation?
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8. Forms of IPR
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9. Patents
 Patent defined in Patents Act as “patent granted for
any invention under the Act”.
Territorial (national) Statutory exclusive right
Granted by the Government
To inventor or their assignees
In consideration of disclosure of the invention to the government
To prevent third parties not having his consent from making,
using, offering for sale, selling or importing for those purposes
the products or products produced by the patented processes
(Sec. 48)
 For a limited period of time (20 years)
 Qualified rights with duties and liabilities
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10. Natco Pharma Bag’s licence to sell
Bayer’s Nexavar
• Nexavar- Bayer’s Patented Anticancer Product
• Reasonable Public criteria (Bayer can supply drug
to only 2% of cancer patients in INDIA)
• Reasonably Affordable
Particulars
Status
Cost of
Therapy
Royalty paid
Bayer, Germany
Patent Owner
Rs. 2.8 lakh
Negotiable
Natco, India
Compulsory license
Rs. 8880
6% of profit
• Drug was mfg. in Germany not in INDIA
• NATCO Share Rate increase by 6.17%
(12 Months highest increase)
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12. Copyright
• Objective: To ensure protection from unlawfully
exploitation of the work of owner(Author)
• Copyright act provides exclusive rights to authors
and other owners of original works.
• Exclusive privilege to authors to reproduce,
distribute, perform, or display their creative
works.
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13. Copyright
Literary
Dramatic
Films
Musical
Sound Recording
Artistic
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14. Trademark
• Word or symbol used by manufacturers to identify
goods.
• Customer able to distinguish product of one
manufacturer from that of other.
• Initial registration for 10 yrs and further renewed by
payment of fees for unlimited period.
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15. Trademark
LABEL
COLA
NAME Reliance
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PEPSI / COCA
TATA / BIRLA /
GODREJ/
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16. Geographial indication
• Geographical Indication ?
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Indication which identifies such goods (as agricultural goods, natural
goods or manufactured goods) as originating or manufactured or
processed in territory of the country or locality of the territory
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Quality and reputation of such goods are attributable to geographical
origin
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17. GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS
Kolhapuri
Chappal
Puneri
Pagdi
Scotch Whisky
Lonavala
Chikki
Assam
Black tea
Haldiram Bhujia
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18. DESIGN
• Includes shape; configuration; composition of colours,
lines.
• Main criteria: a) Novelty
b) Originality
Registration of design
– Currently governed by Design Act 2001
– Total time: 15 years
– Initially right is granted for 10 yrs then can be extended by 5 yrs
by making application along with necessary fee.
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19. Designs
Pen Drive
Fancy Car
Baby Shoe
Medal
Mobile
Fancy jar
Shoe
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20. Trade Secret
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21. Plant variety Protection
Singapore
Coconut
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Legal protection granted by govt. for
protection of plant varieties, right of
farmers and plant breeders
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22. Integrated Circuits
• Specific manner in which transistors & other
circuitry elements of IC are laid out and
includes connecting elements.
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23. Laws in India
 Trade marks –The Trademarks Act 1999
 Copy Right Works- The Copyright Act 1957
 Designs- lines colours shapes etc. –The Designs Act
2000
 Inventions- Products or Process-The Patents Act 1970
 Plant variety protection – Plant Varieties and Farmers'
Rights Act, 2001
 Integrated circuits- The Semiconductor Integrated
Circuits Layout-design Act, 2000
 Geographical Indications - Geographical Indications of
Goods (Registration and Protection) Act, 1999 came in force
with effect from September 2003.
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24. A Brief…
• Patent – Patents are exclusive right for new and useful inventions
e. g. Dosage forms
• Trademark- Trademarks are identification marks of manufactures
e.g. Coca-Cola. It protects against imitations of the products as
long as they are in trade.
• Copyright- Right for creative, literary works and artistic works e.g.
Books, movies
• Industrial design- Protects external look and design of industrial
products e. g. spare parts
• Trade secret- Confidential information
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25. Approach to the protection of Intellectual
Property
Suppose you invent a Laptop/ Dissolution Test Apparatus with
newer features
Register
Patent for the technology,
Design for the appearance,
Trademark for its brand and
Copyright for the accompanying literature.
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26. Thank you
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