Name and Title of the Programme : Webinar on “Simplifying IPR and Patent Filing"

Date                       : 24^th July, 2020

Organized by           : Jointly by:-

                                1. IEEE Delhi Section and

                                2. Bharati Vidyapeeth's Institute of Computer Applications and Management

                                 (BVICAM), New Delhi

In collaboration with  : 1. Computer Science (CS) Chapter of IEEE Delhi Section

                                   2. Consultants Network Affinity (CNA) Group of IEEE Delhi Section

                                   3. Inter Society Relations (ISR) Standing Committee of IEEE Delhi Section

                                   4. Industry Relations (IR) Ad-Hoc Committee of IEEE Delhi Section

                                   5. Life Member Affinity (LMA) Group of IEEE Delhi Section

                                   6. Institution of Electronics and Telecommunications (IETE), Delhi Centre

                                   7. Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE), Delhi Section

                                   8. Computer Society of India (CSI), Mumbai

                                  9. The Institution of Information Technology Professionals, Safa Society, New Delhi

                                  10. IIPC, AICTE, New Delhi

Report:

The Webinar was held on 24^th July, 2020 in the benign presence of Prof. Subrata Mukhopadhyay, Chairperson, CNA Group and Former Chairperson, IEEE Delhi Section, Prof. A. K. Saini, Vice President-cum-President Elect, CSI, Prof. Prerna Gaur, Chairperson, IEEE Delhi Section and Mr. R. K. Vyas, President, CSI. The webinar began with the welcome address by Prof. Subrata Mukhopadhyay welcoming all the guests and participants, followed by the welcome address of Prof. A. K. Saini outlining the significance of IPR and Patents. He acknowledged the need that nation along with premier Universities and educational Institutes must collectively contribute to sensitize young professionals & researchers of how to get patent and protect their research work and novel ideas. Prof. M. N. Hoda, Director, Bharati Vidyapeeth's Institute of Computer Applications and Management (BVICAM), New Delhi also acknowledged the session and discussed the importance of first getting patent on novel research work and then publishing it. He also outlined the background note of conducting such Webinars through virtual platforms. He emphasized that these webinars act as networking tools to connect people from across the world and help them to adapt to a New Normal life, a new ecosystem caused by COVID-19. He also discussed the five phases of COVID-19 i.e. Denial, Anger, Bargain, Depression and Acceptance and motivated the participants to directly move to Acceptance phase from Bargain phase without going into Depression phase, which is also one of the objectives of these weekly webinar series.

The webinar was aimed to promote the awareness on Intellectual Property Rights (IPR), Indian Patent Filing system with a complete procedure of getting patents right from the application stage. Mr. Awab Habib Fakih, AIKTC, Navi Mumbai was the main speaker to deliver the technical talk. He began his discussion with the introduction of intellectual property, the objectives for filing IPR and the term patentability. He briefed the types of patent applications such as ordinary, convention & divisional applications and Indian Patent filing system with Indian Govt. fee structure for filing patent through e-filing system or physically filing it under Forms 1, 2, 3, 5 & 26. Lastly, he outlined the complete process of getting patents right from the application stage till the final decision is made by the authorities whether to grant, reject or ask for amendments in the applied patents.

The session concluded with Question & Answer session where participants willingly asked their queries. Prof. M. N. Hoda gave his heartfelt appreciation to Mr. Awab Habib Fakih for his valuable and knowledgeable session. He also thanked all the participants and panellist for giving their precious time in attending this webinar and making all the webinars hosted by BVICAM, a huge success. The webinar attracted 877 participants from across the world.