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Women's Role in Intellectual Property Rights
- 1. The position of woman in INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHT BY MS. SHILPA RATHOD ASSISTANT PROFESSOR Dr. ambedkar college, deeksha bhoomi, nagpur © 2019 Shilpa Rathod. Compilation Rights Reserved
- 2. INTRODUCTION : • Women play an crucial role in variety of the fields of Science, creativity, technology and modernization.
- 3. Meaning of IPR. It is that property which you earn by your intellect. Intellectual Property Laws: Provides protection to the individuals intellectual works 1. Patents 2.Copyright 3.Traditional Knowledge 4. Trademarks 6. Geographical Indication
- 4. Patents
- 5. Position of women • Female Inventors: 1) Margaret E. Knight Invented a machine to create flat paper bags. 2) Joyce Chen Invented frying pan for Chinese food.
- 6. 3) Patricia Bath Invented the Laserphaco Probe to treat eye cataracts. 4) Pratibha Gai Created the “atomic esolution environmental transmission electron microscope (ETEM).
- 7. But still…. Strong evidence of latent gender difference remains. • Substantial gap exists between the number of female and male patent applicants. • Number of female attorneys and agents to be dramatically lower than that of male practitioners. • The Software's are mostly registered in names of males despite the fact that more females are working in software companies.
- 8. Copyright Literary work: Cinematography Photography Artistic work Musical work
- 9. Position of women • History is evident that the works of an artist, writer, and musician are mostly dominated by men. • Only few women’s work were know at professional front. • Out side the professional front the creative work by women were consider as taboo. • In some cases, creative works by talented women were circulated anonymously or pseudonymously.
- 10. Traditional Knowledge Neem Turmeric Tulsi
- 11. • Men and women have a difference in knowledge about forest resources. • It is women who are credited with more extensive knowledge about forests. • Tribal women in India use almost 300 forest species for medicinal purposes. • In international market places the women's knowledge is highly exploited by commercial actors.
- 13. Trademarks:
- 14. • Less in number of filings for registration of Trademark and GI’s in the names of Females. • In the fields of trademarks and geographical indication only limited data is available to measure women’s contributions.
- 15. Wipo: women and IPR 1)WIPO is committed to promoting gender equality and women’s empowerment both within the Organization and in the wider world of intellectual property. 2) To ensure gender equality, the gender perspectives are introduced in WIPO’s Programs in a sustainable manner.
- 16. • All advisory bodies to the Director General will include members of both genders.
- 17. WOMEN IPR PROGRAM BY GOVERNMEN OF INDIA • Government of India through Patent facilitating Center implements Women Scientists Scheme on IPR. • Various scheme aims to train women scientists having qualifications in science/ engineering/ medicine or allied areas in the area of Intellectual Property Rights for a period of one year.
- 18. • This Scheme encourages women scientists to gear up in creating, protecting and managing intellectual property in India.
- 19. Conclusion: • Woman are the backbone to preserve and protect IP. • There is a need to make concrete efforts towards facilitating the incorporation of women’s knowledge through development plans.