On 22.12.2023, IP AWAKE – IPR Capacity Building and empowering Innovations, an awareness session on Intellectual Property Rights was organized by Confederation Indian Industry (CII) hosted by Paavai Engineering College, Paavai Educational Institutions.
The Intellectual Property Rights Awareness workshop started with the Inaugural session, Dr. Ramesh Kumar D, Past Chairman, CII Salem Zonal Council welcomed the gathering with opening remarks. Ms. R.Swetha, II BE CSE, welcomed the gathering.
Dr. M. Premkumar, Principal, Paavai Engineering College, delivered the Special address, in which he shared his experiences about the initiatives offered by government. He insisted the students to be interactive with eminent resource persons to become an entrepreneur.
Mr. R. Ruban Ebenezer, Head, CII Salem Zonal Office gave an introduction to the Workshop. In his intro, he spoke about the asset value of Apple and its IPR holdings. Ms.G.Suwathinisree, II BE CSE and Ms.R.Sruthika, II B Tech IT introduced the guest speakers.
Dr.Harish Chandran Avaronnan, Head of Intellectual Property, India, Novozymes South Asia Pvt gave his Special address of IPR. In his presentation, he insisted that ideas leads to Patents and that is IPR. He explained about patent eligibility based on Novelty, Utility and Statuary regulations. He quoted many examples for Innovation trends like tooth brush, Fork & Spoon, Shoes, Kettle, Fire alarms etc. He also detailed the Patent activities like Technical contents of Ideas, Counselling (Patentable or non-patentable), Analytics, Drafting of Patent, Policy Making, Licensing, Filtering, Publications, etc.
Mr.R.Lakshminarayanan, Director & Head – Intellectual Property & Innovation Management, Samsung R & D, India gave his Keynote address. In his Speech, he explained about the Functional and Physical Inter-dependencies of process in Software is patentable. Inventions, trends and Patenting comes from Ideas as solution which arrives whenever a problem occurs. Ideas can be of anything like Products, Process of Making a product, Specific Services, Business models, etc He added that Ideas when published can be secured by IPR which may lead to commercialization which is benefit to the Inventor as well as society.
Dr. Ramesh Kumar D, Past Chairman, CII Salem Zonal Council thanked the gathering, with a closing remarks.
