26
1 Workshop Report on “IPR and Related Issues: Present & Future Needs” March 27 – 28, 2015 Compiled by:
1
Workshop Report
on
“IPR and Related Issues:
Present & Future Needs”March 27 – 28, 2015
Compiled by:
2
Programme
Time Programme Speaker
March 27, 2015
09:00 - 10:00 AM Registration
Inaugural Session
10:00 – 10:10 AM Welcome Address Dr. I. N. Mukherjee
10:10 – 10:40 AM Introductory Remark Director General, UPCAR, Lucknow
10:40 AM Address by Chief Guest Dr. R.R. Hanchinal, Chairperson, P.P.V.F.R.A,
New Delhi
Vote of Thanks Dr. Sujit Kumar, Organizing Secretary
11:15 - 11:40 AM Inaugural Tea Break
Technical Session
11:40 – 12:40 PM Protection of Plant Varieties &
Farmers’ Rights
Dr. R.R. Hanchinal, Chairperson, P.P.V.F.R.A,
New Delhi
12:40 – 01:40 PM Patenting in India Dr. Ankur Agarwal, Assistant Controller of
Patent & Design, Patent Office Delhi, New Delhi
01:40 - 02:40 PM Lunch Break
Technical Session
02:40 - 03:40 PM Commercialization of agro-based
technologies through business
incubation
Dr. Rahul Srivastava, Marketing Officer, South
Asia, GALVmed South Asia Office, Jasola District
Center, Jasola, New Delhi
03:40 - 04:40 PM Patenting: A Way of Success in
Research Dr. Chetan Keswani/Dr. H.B. Singh, Professor &
Head, Deptt. of MPP, BHU, Varanasi
04:40 - 05:00 PM Tea Break
05:00 - 06:00 PM IPR in CSIR system Mr. Vivek Srivastava, Sr. Scientist / Nodal Officer
(IPR), NBRI, Lucknow
March 28, 2015
Technical Session
10:00 - 11:00 AM IPRs in Seeds Dr. J.S. Chauhan, ADG (Seeds), ICAR, New
Delhi
11:00 - 12:00 AM IPR related to Livestock
Dr. Puneet Kumar / Dr. R.P. Singh, Principal
Scientist & Incharge, Zonal Technology
Management Center, IVRI, Izzatnagar, Bareilly
12:00 - 12:15 AM Tea Break
12:15 – 12:35 PM IPR related to Genetic Engineering Dr. Alok Srivastava, International Patent Holder
on GMOs
12:35 - 01:45 PM Exercise for effective & legal patent
filing
Mr. Vikas Asawat, Registered Patent & Trade
Mark Attorney, Noida, U.P.
01:45 - 02:45 PM Lunch Break
3
02:45 - 04:15 PM Practical exercise on patent procedure
&
Prior Art Search
Dr. Om Prakash, Expert Patent & Design
Dr. Sujit Kumar, Scientific Officer, UPCAR,
Lucknow
04:15 - 06:00 PM Valedictory Function
Formal Welcome of Chief Guest – Secretary, UPCAR
Concluding Remark – Director General/Organizing Chairman
Address by Chief Guest - Dr. J.S. Chauhan, ADG (Seeds), ICAR, New Delhi
Certificate Distribution – Chief Guest & Director General
Vote of Thanks followed by High Tea
Lecture Schedule
S. No. Proposed Resource Person Area of Specialty Proposed Date
1 Dr. R.R. Hanchinal, Chairperson,
P.P.V.F.R.A, New Delhi
Protection of Plant Varieties &
Farmers’ Rights
27-03-2015
2 Dr. Ankur Agarwal, Assistant
Controller of Patent & Design, Patent
Office Delhi, New Delhi
Patenting in India 27-03-2015
3 Dr. Rahul Srivastava, Marketing
Officer, South Asia, GALVmed South
Asia Office, Jasola District Center,
Jasola, New Delhi
Commercialization of agro-
based technologies through
business incubation
27-03-2015
4 Dr. Chetan Keswani/Dr. H.B. Singh,
Professor & Head, Deptt. of MPP,
BHU, Varanasi
Patenting: A Way of Success
in Research 27-03-2015
5 Mr. Vivek Srivastava, Sr. Scientist /
Nodal Officer (IPR), NBRI, Lucknow IPR in CSIR system 27-03-2015
6 Dr. J.S. Chauhan, ADG (Seeds),
ICAR, New Delhi
IPRs in Seeds 28-03-2015
7 Dr. Puneet Kumar / Dr. R.P. Singh,
Principal Scientist & Incharge, Zonal
Technology Management Center, IVRI,
Izzatnagar, Bareilly
IPR related to Livestock
28-03-2015
8 Mr. Vikas Asawat, Registered Patent &
Trade Mark Attorney, Noida, U.P.
Intellectual Property Rights
with Special reference to
Patent Filing and Drafting in
Indian Context
28-03-2015
9 Dr. Om Prakash, Expert Patent &
Design
Patentability Criteria a
Practical Approach in view of
Indian Patent Act
28-03-2015
10 Dr. Sujit Kumar, Scientific Officer,
UPCAR, Lucknow
Searching for Prior Art:
Moving From the Search
Room to the World Wide Web
28-03-2015
4
The Participants
The workshop on “IPR and Related Issues: Present & Future Needs” held on March 27-28,
2015 received overwhelming response from participants all over State. The total number of
participants who attended the training programme was 193 from the following 35
institutes/universities took part in the training.
S.
No.
Name Designation Address
1 Dr.(Prof.)Mohd.
Haris Siddiqui
Director(IIAST) Integral Institute of
Agriculture Science &
Technology, Integral
University, Lucknow
2 Dr. Alvina
Farooqui
Asso. Professor Deptt of Bioengineering,
Faculty of Engineering,
Integral University, Lko
3 Dr. Neelam Pathak Professor &
Head
Deptt. Of Biosciences,
Integral University, Lko
4 Dr. Preeti Bajpai Associate
Professor
Deptt. Of Biosciences,
Integral University, Lko
5 Dr. Iffat Zareen
Ahmad
Professor Integral University, Lko
6 Dr. Aisha Kamal Assistant
Professor
Integral University, Lko
7 Dr. Salman Akhtar Assistant
Professor
Deptt of Bioengineering,
Faculty of Engineering,
Integral University, Lko
8 Dr. Mohd. Kalim Assistant
Professor
Deptt of Bioengineering,
Faculty of Engineering,
Integral University, Lko
9 Dr. Naseema
Khatoon
Associate
Professor
(Junior)
Integral University, Lko
10 Ms. Nida Fatima Research
Scholar
Integral University, Lko
11 Ms. Hera
Chaudhry
Research
Scholar (SRF-
MANF)
Integral University, Lko
12 Mr. Abdul Mabood Research
Scholar
Integral University, Lko
13 Ms. Heena
Tabassum
Research
Scholar
Integral University, Lko
14 Mr. Akhalque
Khan
Student Integral University, Lko
15 Mr. Mohammad
Shawwal
Student Integral University, Lko
16 Mr. Afroz Khan Student Integral University, Lko
17 Ms. Srishty Student National P.G. College,
5
Tripathi Lucknow
18 Ms. Farheen Khan Student National P.G. College,
Lucknow
19 Dr. Pankaj
Srivastava
Researcher NBRI, Lucknow
20 Dr. Vimal Chandra
Pandey
Young Scientist NBRI, Lucknow
21 Dr. Mridul Kumar
Shukla
Technical
Officer
NBRI, Lucknow
22 Mr. Apurva Rai Research
Scholar
NBRI, Lucknow
23 Dr. Poonam C.
Singh
Scientist CSIR-NBRI, Lucknow
24 Dr. Sanjeev Kumar ADG UPCAR, Lucknow
25 Dr. Indra Nath
Mukherjee
Secretary UPCAR, Lucknow
26 Dr. Vinod Kumar
Tiwari
Scientific
Officer (NRM)
UPCAR, Lucknow
27 Dr. Jai Pal Scientific
Officer (Ento)
UPCAR, Lucknow
28 Ms. Shashi Prabha Research
Associate
UPCAR, Lucknow
29 Dr. Rahul Kumar
Rai
Post Doctoral
Fellow (Agri.
Economics)
UPCAR, Lucknow
30 Mr. Rajneesh
Kumar Gautam
Project Fellow UPCAR, Lucknow
31 Ms Nupur Dwivedi Computer
Operator
UPCAR, Lucknow
32 Mr. Surya Kant
Yadav
Project Fellow UPCAR, Lucknow
33 Ms. Akanksha
Sharma
Project Fellow UPCAR, Lucknow
34 Dr. Balvir Singh Post Doctoral
Fellow (Animal
Husbandry &
Fisheries)
UPCAR, Lucknow
35 Dr. Ashwani
Yadav
Post Doctoral
Fellow
(Biotechnology)
UPCAR, Lucknow
36 Mr. Sandeep
Kumar Singh
Senior Research
Fellow (SRF)
UPCAR, Lucknow
37 Dr. Sandhya
Yadav
Post Doctoral
Fellow (Home
Science)
UPCAR, Lucknow
38 Mr. Sunil Kumar
Rawat
Project Fellow UPCAR, Lucknow
6
39 Dr. Anuj Yadav Post Doctoral
Fellow
(Vegetable
Science)
UPCAR, Lucknow
40 Dr. J.P. Mishra Post Doctoral
Fellow
(Biochemistry)
UPCAR, Lucknow
41 Mr. Diwakar
Tiwari
Programme
Manager
UPCAR, Lucknow
42 Dr. Yashwant
Kumar Yadava
Senior Research
Fellow (SRF)
UPCAR, Lucknow
43 Mr. Ram Gopal Pal Project Fellow UPCAR, Lucknow
44 Dr. Somesh Mehra Scientist-C ABC Genomics (India)
Pvt. Ltd., Lucknow
45 Mr. Nilesh Kumar
Dixit
Student ABC Genomics (India)
Pvt. Ltd., Lucknow
46 Ms. Pratibha
Agarwal
Student ABC Genomics (India)
Pvt. Ltd., Lucknow
47 Ms. Pragati Singh Student ABC Genomics (India)
Pvt. Ltd., Lucknow
48 Ms. Poonam
Yadav
Student ABC Genomics (India)
Pvt. Ltd., Lucknow
49 Ms. Priyamwada
Jha
Student ABC Genomics (India)
Pvt. Ltd., Lucknow
50 Ms. Jyoti Jaiswal Student ABC Genomics (India)
Pvt. Ltd., Lucknow
51 Dr. Rajendra
Kumar
Assistant
Professor
AMITY University,
Lucknow
52 Mr. Brahm
Prakash
Assistant Chief
Technical
Officer
Indian Institute of
Sugarcane Research,
Lucknow
53 Dr. Mohammad
Ashfaque
Research
Associate
Indian Institute of
Sugarcane Research,
Lucknow
54 Mrs. Maneesha
Mall
Senior Research
Fellow (SRF)
CIMAP, Lucknow
55 Mr. Ritesh Kumar Senior Research
Fellow (SRF)
CIMAP, Lucknow
56 Dr. Shastri Prasad
Shukla
DST Young
Scientist
Plant Biotechnology
Division,CIMAP,Lucknow
57 Ms. N. Manika Senior Research
Fellow (SRF)
CIMAP, Lucknow
58 Dr. (Mrs.) Neelima
Garg
Principal
Scientist
Central Institute for
Subtropical Horticulture,
Lucknow
59 Dr. Astha Singh Research
Associate
CISH, Lucknow
7
60 Mr. Abhay Prakash
Rawat
Research
Scholar
Deptt. of Environment
Science, BBAU, Lucknow
61 Ms. Enespa Singh Research
Scholar
Deptt. of Environment
Science, BBAU, Lucknow
62 Mr. Prem Chandra Research
Scholar
Deptt. of Environment
Science, BBAU, Lucknow
63 Mr. Mukesh
Kumar
Research
Scholar
Deptt. of Applied Animal
Science, BBAU, Lucknow
64 Mr. Sandeep
Kumar Tiwari
M.Sc. Student Deptt. of Horticulture,
BBAU, Lucknow
65 Mr. Govind Research
Scholar
Deptt. of Horticulture,
BBAU, Lucknow
66 Mr. Vijay Kumar
Pandey
SRF DAPS(H) BBAU,
Lucknow
67 Mr. Rakesh Meena Research
Scholar
BBAU, Lucknow
68 Mr. Asim Kumar
Rajbhar
Research
Scholar
BBAU, Lucknow
69 Mr. Pushkar Singh
Patel
Research
Scholar
BBAU, Lucknow
70 Mr. Devendra
Kumar
Research
Scholar
BBAU, Lucknow
71 Ms. Jyoti Rastogi Senior Research
Fellow (SRF)
Division of Biotechnology,
SRI, UPCSR,
Shahjahanpur
72 Mr. Niraj Nath
Tiwari
Senior Research
Fellow (SRF)
Division of Biotechnology,
IIPR, Kanpur
73 Dr. Sunil Tripathi Research
Associate
Institute Technology
Management Unit, IIPR,
Kanpur
74 Dr. Rana D.P.
Singh
Head, Div. of
Plant Breeding,
Sugarcane Res.
Station,
Gorakhpur
T-4/1 Sugarcane Research
Station, Gorakhpur-
273008
75 Mr. Abhishek
Kumar Singh
Senior Research
Fellow (SRF)
Division of Plant
Breeding, Sugarcane
Research Station,
Gorakhpur
76 Dr. Vinod Rishi Lecturer Deptt. of Botany, Sukhdev
Singh LavKush Degree
College, Baberu, Banda
77 Mr. Amar Nath
Kushwaha
Lecturer (BTC) Deptt. of Botany, Sukhdev
Singh LavKush Degree
College, Baberu, Banda
78 Dr. Priyanka
Verma
Lecturer –
Botany
Eklavya Mahavidhyalaya,
Banda
8
79 Ms. Kaynat Jameel Research
Scholar
Eklavya Mahavidhyalaya,
Banda
80 Kunwar Digvijay
Singh Negi
Lecturer –
Zoology
Banda
81 Dr. N.K. Singh Young Scientist
(DST),
Institute of Environment &
Sustainable Development,
BHU, Varanasi
82 Mr. Abhishek
Singh
Ph. D. Scholar BHU, Varanasi
83 Mr. Sumit Kumar
Pandey
Ph. D. Scholar Deptt. of Mycology &
Plant Pathology, BHU,
Varanasi
84 Dr. Manoj Kumar Research
Scholar
Deptt. of Biochemistry,
Faculty of Science, BHU,
Varanasi
85 Dr. Jay Prakash
Singh
Researcher BHU, Varanasi
86 Dr. P.K. Singh Ph. D. Deptt. of Agricultural
Extension, BHU, Vns
87 Dr. Mohd. Imran Assistant
Professor (IPR)
Z.H. College of
Engineering &
Technology, AMU,
Aligarh
88 Dr. K.D. Singh Assistant
Professor
Deptt. of Entomology,
U.P. College, Varanasi
89 Dr. Ashwani
Kumar
Assistant
Professor
Deptt. of Botany,
Chaudhary Charan Singh
PG College, Heonra,
Saifai, Etawah
90 Dr. Gorakh Nath
Gupta
Senior Research
Fellow (SRF)
Deptt. of Plant Pathology,
DSR, Mau Nath Bhanjan
91 Ms. Kusum
Sharma
Senior Research
Fellow (SRF)
Deptt. of Plant Pathology,
DSR, Mau Nath Bhanjan
92 Mr. Ashutosh
Kumar
Senior Research
Fellow (SRF)
Deptt. of Plant Pathology,
DSR, Mau Nath Bhanjan
93 Mr. Krishan
Kumar Mishra
Junior Research
Fellow (JRF)
Deptt. of Plant Pathology,
DSR, Mau Nath Bhanjan
94 Ms. Neha Pandey Research
Assistant
Deptt. of Plant Pathology,
DSR, Mau Nath Bhanjan
95 Dr. Rupali Tiwari
Bhargav
Research
Associate (IPR)
Central Agroforestry
Research Institute, Jhansi
96 Dr. Manish S.
Bhoyar
Research
Associate
NBAIM, Mau Nath
Bhanjan
97 Dr. Sadhana Vaish SMS Home
Science
KVK Thariyaon Fatehpur,
CSAUAT, Kanpur
98 Dr. Seema Sonkar Assistant
Professor
Food Science & Nutrition
Department, CSAUA&T,
9
Kanpur
99 Mr. Anuj Kumar
Yadav
Research
Scholar
Deptt. of Soil Science,
CSAUA&T, Kanpur
100 Mr. Jaydev Kumar
Upadhyay
Research
Scholar
Deptt. of Genetics & Plant
Breeding, CSAUA&T,
Kanpur
101 Mr. Amar Singh Research
Scholar
Deptt. of Horticulture,
CSAUA&T, Kanpur
102 Mr. Narender
Kumar
Research
Scholar
Deptt. of Plant Pathology,
CSAUA&T, Kanpur
103 Dr. R.K. Yadav Associate
Professor
Deptt. of Plant Breeding,
CSAUA&T, Kanpur
104 Dr. San Assistant
Professor
Vegetable
105 Dr. Mohd. Shamim Assistant
Professor
Directorate of Research
106 Dr. Manoj Katiyar Assistant
Professor
Legume Section
107 Dr. Sombeer Singh Assistant
Professor
NARP, Bharari, Jhansi
108 Mr. Akshay Kumar Research
Scholar
Deptt. of Entomology,
CSAUA&T, Kanpur
109 Dr. Rajendra Singh Professor Deptt. of Agril. Economics
& Statistics
110 Dr. S.K. Biswas Associate
Professor
Deptt. of Plant Pathology
111 Dr. Om Prakash
Yadav
Assistant
Professor
Deptt. of Agricultural
Extension
112 Dr. Rakesh Babu Assistant
Professor
Deptt. of Agricultural
Biochemistry
113 Dr. Mohd. Zafar
Siddiqui
Assistant
Professor
Deptt. of Agronomy
114 Dr. O.P. Singh Assistant
Professor
Deptt. of Crop Physiology
115 Mr. Shrawan
Shukla
Ph.D. Scholar –
Biochemistry
CSAUA&T, Kanpur
116 Dr. Manoj Kumar
Singh
Assistant
Professor
Deptt. of Livestock
Production &
Management, College of
Veterinary & Animal
Sciences, SVBPUA&T,
Meerut
117 Dr. Suresh
Chandra
Assistant
Professor
Deptt. of Agric. Engg and
Food Technology,
SVBPUA&T, Meerut
118 Dr. Krishna Mohan
Singh
SMS / Assistant
Professor
KVK, Shahjahanpur
SVBPUA&T, Meerut
10
119 Dr. D.V. Singh Assistant
Professor
Deptt. of Entomology,
SVBPUA&T, Meerut
120 Dr. Hem Singh Assistant
Professor
Deptt. of Entomology,
SVBPUA&T, Meerut
121 Dr. Krishna Kant
Srivastava
Assistant
Professor
Deptt. of Seed Science &
Technology, NDUA&T,
Kumarganj, Faizabad
122 Dr. Naveen Kumar
Singh
Assistant
Professor
NDUA&T, Kumarganj,
Faizabad
123 Mr. Hirendra
Yadav
Research
Scholar
NDUAT Campus,
Kumarganj, Faizabad
124 Mr. Satish Yadav Research
Scholar
Deptt. of Vegetable
Science, NDUA&T,
Faizabad
125 Mr. Amit Kumar
Tomar
Research
Scholar
Deptt. of Horticulture,
NDUA&T, Faizabad
126 Mr. Anuj Kumar
Deshwal
Research
Scholar
Deptt. of Genetics & Plant
Breeding, NDUA&T,
Kumarganj, Faizabad
127 Mr. Ajit Singh Research
Scholar
Agriculture Meteorology,
NDUA&T, Faizabad
128 Mr. Abhinav
Yadav
Research
Scholar
NDUA&T, Kumarganj,
Faizabad
129 Mr. Ravi Pratap
Yadav
Research
Scholar
NDUA&T, Kumarganj,
Faizabad
130 Dr. Sunil Kumar Ph.D. – Agri.
Biotech
NDUA&T, Kumarganj,
Faizabad
131 Dr. Sunil
Zachariah
Assistant
Professor
Deptt. of Plant Pathology,
SHIATS, Allahabad
132 Dr. P.K. Rai
Assistant
Professor
Deptt. of Seed Science
Technology, SHIATS,
Allahabad
133 Dr. Jayant
Zechariah
Assistant
Professor
Deptt. of Agricultural
Economics, SHIATS,
Allahabad
134 Dr. Sameer Daniel
Assistant
Professor
Deptt. of Forestry &
Environment, SHIATS,
Allahabad
135 Ms. Shraddha
Verma
Research
Scholar
CSJM University, Kanpur
136 Ms. Vidushi Yadav Research
Scholar
CSJM University, Kanpur
137 Mrs. Usha Kiran
Yadav
Research
Scholar
CSJM University, Kanpur
138 Dr. D.K. Singh Senior Scientist CSIR-IITR, Lucknow
139 Dr. Nishi Women Scientist CSIR-IITR, Lucknow
11
Srivastava
140 Dr. Devendra
Swroop
SMS – Animal
Husbandry
KVK Thariyaon Fatehpur,
CSAUAT, Kanpur
141 Dr. Ashok Kumar P.C. KVK Dalipnagar, Kanpur
142 Mr. Ram Mohan
Shukla
Ph.D. Scholar –
Botany
M.G.C.G. University,
Satna, M.P.
143 Dr. Nishi Ph.D. Scholar
144 Dr. Mishu Singh Assistant
Professor
M.P.G. (PG) college,
Hardoi, U.P.
145 Dr. Devendra
Kumar
SRF IARI, New Delhi
146 Dr. Adbhut Yadav Lecturer CCS (PG) College,
Heoura, Etawah
147 Dr. Hayat Ul Islam Integral University, Lko
148 Ms. Ismat Fateema
Rizvi
Student Integral University, Lko
149 Ms. Neha Sharma Student Integral University, Lko
150 Ms. Sadaf
Mahfooz
Student Integral University, Lko
151 Ms. Uzma Sayyed Student Integral University, Lko
152 Ms. Arti Singh Student Integral University, Lko
153 Ms. Hina Naseem Student Integral University, Lko
154 Mr. Rafiah
Siddiqui
Student Integral University, Lko
155 Mr. Farhan Ahmad Student Integral University, Lko
156 Ms. Ananya Student Integral University, Lko
157 Mr. Animesh
Pathak
Student Integral University, Lko
158 Dr. Awaneesh
Chandra
Ph.D.
Entomology
159 Mr. Dinesh Yadav
160 Dr. S.K. Rai
161 Mr. A.P. Singh
162 Mr. Syed Sayeed
Ahmad
Research
Scholar
Integral University, Lko
163 Mr. Saifullah Student Integral University, Lko
164 Mr. Rizwan Khan Student Integral University, Lko
165 Mr. Imran Khan Student Integral University, Lko
166 Ms. Kulsum Bano Student Integral University, Lko
167 Dr. Smita Tripathi PDF (ECM) CSAUA&T, Kanpur
168 Dr. Sheela Kumari PDF (ECM) CSAUA&T, Kanpur
169 Dr. Swati Singh Lecturer – Home
Science
Janta College, Bakewar,
Etawah
170 Dr. Richa Raaj
Saxena
Lecturer – Home
Science
Janta College, Bakewar,
Etawah
171 Dr. Shubham
Mishra
Principal Madhu Tandon PG
college, Jhansi
12
172 Dr. Prem Lata
Ranjan
Lecturer – Home
Science
Arya Kanya P.G. College,
Ambedkarnagar, Faizabad
173 Dr. Anamika
Srivastava
Lecturer – Home
Science
Heena Lal Yadav PG
College, Lucknow
174 Dr. Seema
Kanaujia
Lecturer – Home
Science
Mahila P.G. College,
Kanpur
175 Dr. Aparna Pandey Lecturer – Home
Science
Mahila P.G. College,
Kanpur
176 Dr.Vinita Singh Assistant
Professor
Deptt of FSN,
CSAUA&T,Kanpur
177 Ms. Sumayal
Anjum
Teacher Department of TCL,
CSAUA&T,Kanpur
178 Ms. Neelam Singh Student
179 Dr. Vinit Pratap
Singh
Assistant
Professor
LPU, Ludhiana
180 Mr. Swapnil
Kumar Shrivastava
Student Sardar Bhagwan Singh
P.G. College
181 Dr. Ajay Kumar
Singh
Research
Scholar
Narendra Deva University
of Agriculture & Techn.,
Kumarganj, Faizabad
182 Mr. Anand
Bhooshan Yadav
Student Narendra Deva University
of Agriculture & Techn.,
Kumarganj, Faizabad
183 Mr. Gaurav Singh Student LPU, Ludhiana
184 Ms. Monika Singh Student LPU, Ludhiana
185 Mr. Anant Vikram
Bhushan
Student Mahamaya College of
Agricultural Engineering
& Technology, Akbarpur,
Ambedkarnagar
186 Mr. Satyaveer
Singh
Student
187 Ms. Purnima
Rastogi
Govt. Teacher Basic Siksha Parishad
188 Ms. Rashmi
Rastogi
Student
189 Dr. Manisha
Srivastava
Lecturer Agrasen PG College,
Varanasi
190 Mrs Swarnita
Srivastava
Lecturer SIMT, Lucknow
191 Dr. Bhupendra
Kumar Singh
Research
Associate
Allahabad University,
Allahabad
192 Mr. Virendra S.
Chauhan
Manager Regulatory Savannah
Seeds Affairs
193 Dr. Richa Raaj
Saxena
Lecturer – Home
Science
Nehru PG College,
Lalitpur
13
Inaugural Session
The inaugural session began with the formal welcome address given by Dr. I.N. Mukherjee,
Secretary, U.P. Council of Agricultural Research, Lucknow followed by introductory remark of
our Hon’ble Director General, UPCAR, Lucknow Prof. Rajendra Kumar. He focused the need
of various IPR issues especially in relevance of agricultural scientists of the state. The inaugural
session was graced by the apparition of our chief guest Dr. R.R. Hanchinal, Chairperson,
Protection Plant Varieties & Farmer’s Rights Authority (PPVFRA), New Delhi. Our chief guest
relinquished his precious time to us and said that Intellectual Property is the creation of human
mind which should be protected without innocence and ignorance. He also made us aware about
the availability of landraces, hotspots and varieties of various crops which are abundantly present
as the domestic biodiversity in the state. At the end of inaugural session, vote of thanks was
proposed by Dr. Sujit Kumar, Organizing Secretary/Scientific Officer (Plant Breeding),
UPCAR, Lucknow.
Summary of Lectures
Ten lectures were delivered by scientists/experts on various aspects of IPR, GI, PPVFRA,
trademark, copyright, prior art search etc. These lectures are summarized here as follows:
Day One (March 27, 2015)
Technical Sessions:
First day Dr. R.R. Hanchinal, Chairperson, Protection Plant Varieties & Farmer’s Rights
Authority (PPVFRA), New Delhi, Dr. Ankur Agarwal, Assistant Controller of Patent &
Design, Indian Patent Office (IPO), New Delhi, Dr. Rahul Srivastava, Marketing Officer,
South Asia, GALVmed South Asia Office, Jasola District Center, Jasola, New Delhi, Dr. H.B.
Singh, Professor & Head, Deptt. of Mycology & Plant Pathology, BHU, Varanasi, Mr. Vivek
Srivastava, Sr. Scientist / Nodal Officer (IPR), National Botanical Research Institute (NBRI),
Lucknow elaborated different aspects of IPR like Patenting, Geographical Indications, Protection
of Plant Varieties & Farmer’s Rights, Patenting in CSIR regime, etc.
Dr. R.R. Hanchinal, Chairperson, Protection Plant Varieties & Farmer’s Rights Authority
(PPVFRA), New Delhi, delivered lecture on “Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers’
14
Rights”. In his lecture he made us aware about the role of Protection Plant Varieties & Farmer’s
Rights Authority (PPVFRA) related to intellectual property rights and their implications. While
delivering his valuable lecture, he said that innovation is the key for production as well as
processing of knowledge. He further added that Protection and Plant Varieties and Farmers’
Rights Act, 2001 protect the rights of farmers in respect of contribution made at any time in
conserving, improving and making available plant genetic resources for development of new
plant varieties. Article 27.3 (b) of this agreement requires the member countries to provide the
protection of plant varieties either by a patent or by an effective sui generis system or by a
combination thereof. Thus, the member countries had the choice to frame legislations that suit
their own system and India exercised this option. The sui generis system for Protection of Plant
Varieties was developed integrating the rights of the breeders, farmers and village communities
and taking care of the concerns for equitable sharing of benefits. This is the only intellectual
property law in India that gives dual proprietorship of Intellectual Property on variety and its
denomination. He told that the process of registration of plant varieties under Protection Plant
Varieties & Farmer’s Rights Authority (PPVFRA) is very simple. We all should support seed
varieties of farmer’s and encourage him to register their varieties. He apprises us that we have
treasure of wealth in the form of plant varieties which should be protected. He also said to
conserve our plant genetic resource for sustainable use.
Dr. Ankur Agarwal, Assistant Controller of Patent & Design, Indian Patent Office (IPO), New
Delhi, expressed his views by presenting a lecture on the topic “Patenting in India” in which he
apprised us about all rules and regulations of Indian Patent Act.
Dr. Rahul Srivastava, Marketing Officer, South Asia, GALVmed South Asia Office, Jasola
District Center, Jasola, New Delhi, gave lecture on “Commercialization of agro-based
Technologies through Business Incubation” in which she discussed about the importance of
vaccination for the livestock. He defined various aspects of IPR in a very easy way. In his view,
value and commercial utility is the critical requirement for IPR issues and incubation facilities is
the necessity of today’s agricultural research. He further added that efficient management of
agricultural technologies is urgently required to fulfill the needs of all stakeholders from small
and marginal farmers to entrepreneurs and even commercial houses, therefore, coupling of
agriculture research and development with the new explorative developmental concepts is need
15
of the hour for benefit of stakeholders encompassing researchers, scientists, entrepreneurs and
start-ups in particular and Indian economy in general. These initiatives in Indian agricultural
research system are in very nascent stage and need long term vision for sustainable establishment
of specialized platform for idea transformation. Greater collaboration among all stakeholders as
agricultural universities, research institutions, farmers groups and private organization in such
initiatives will give new heights and wider scope to budding entrepreneurs and technology
developers in the field of agriculture in Uttar Pradesh.
Mr. Vivek Srivastava, Sr. Scientist / Nodal Officer (IPR), National Botanical Research Institute
(NBRI), Lucknow emanated us a informative presentation on the topic “IPR in CSIR System”
in which he told that The IPU (Innovation Protection Unit) looks after the protection of
intellectual property rights at national and international level for the results of important R&D
carried out in the various CSIR Laboratories. CSIR IP policy, first by any entity in India was
declared in 1996. It encompasses protection of intellectual creations by all means that includes
patents, trademark, designs and copyrights. Effective management of Intellectual Property Rights
has placed CSIR as an organization on the global IPR radar. CSIR adopted a centralized
operation for IPR protection of the Intellectual property generated in its laboratories and CSIR
scheme. It was CSIR that initiated the action in 1995, with the US PTO for the re-examination
and revocation of the patent granted on turmeric as a wound healing agent. The turmeric patent
was granted in 1995 to two researchers, Soman K. Das and Harihar Kohli of the University of
Mississippi Medical Center. Their six patent claims covered the oral and topical use of turmeric
powder to heal surgical wounds and ulcers. Das and Kohli contested CSIR's objections, but the
patent office rejected all their claims. This involved meticulous and strenuous efforts in
exploration, compilation and evaluation of voluminous scientific data, patents and legal options –
to pose a formidable challenge to the US patent. The result was the successful revocation of the
US Patent in 1998. CSIR being leader in R&D in India has also taken leadership in IP protection
for wealth creation and Indian knowledge protection. It has been successfully doing it since its
inception.
Dr. Chetan Keswani on behalf of the Prof. H.B. Singh, Head, Department of Mycology and
Plant Pathology, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, BHU, Varanasi delivered a lecture on
“Patenting A Way of Success of in Research” elaborating latest information about patenting in
16
India as compared to other developed countries. He explained that Intellectual property involves
inventions, fictional and creative work, industrial designs for article, symbols, etc. utilized as a
part of trade. He added that today, it is widely accepted that any new result of a man's brain work
need to be secured as private property. Patenting life forms bring with them imperious issues of
pious and ethical values. In present globalized and competitive world, uprising in biotechnology
is a fulcrum of national economic growth. All patentable inventions must satisfy essential criteria
that are, the invention must be novel and not obvious, it must have some industrial use, and the
description part of the patent application must enable a person skilled in the relevant area of
technology to put the invention into practice. Under concluding remark, he expressed his concern
that the present political, technological and socio-economical situation is very complicated to
build up national system of IPR according to that of developed nations.
Day Two (March 28, 2015)
Technical Sessions:
Second day Dr. J.S. Chauhan, Assistant Director General (Seed) Indian Council of Agricultural
Research (ICAR), New Delhi; Dr. Puneet Kumar, Principal Scientist & Incharge, Zonal
Technology Management Center, IVRI, Izzatnagar, Bareilly; Mr. Vikas Asawat, Registered
Patent & Trade Mark Attorney, Noida; Dr. Om Prakash, Ex- Examiner of Patent & Design and
Dr. Sujit Kumar, Scientific Officer (Plant Breeding), U.P. Council of Agricultural Research
(UPCAR), Lucknow made us aware about the intricate aspects of IP issues like patent filing,
processing and granting in a very gullible way.
Dr. J.S. Chauhan, Assistant Director General (Seed) Indian Council of Agricultural Research
(ICAR), New Delhi also the chief guest of valedictory session of the training programme
presented a marvelous lecture on the topic “Intellectual Property Rights in Seed in Indian
context”. He emphasized on the role of IPRs related to seeds and said that many national
projects are running by ICAR to protect the seeds. He said that the main legal instruments to
facilitate implementation of Seed Treaty and other treaties in India are:
1. Protection of Plant Varieties & Farmers Right Act 2001
2. Biological Diversity Act, (BDA), 2002
3. Plant Quarantine (PQ) Order 2003,
4. Seeds Act, 1966 and
17
5. Environment Protection (EPA) Act, 1986. Policy development will require coordinated
actions by the concerned ministries and organizations
He further added that there is a need to harmonize the provision of the Biological Diversity
Act,2002 with India’s commitment to provide facilitated access to plant genetics resources in the
multilateral system, and more particularly, to enable providers within India to use the standard
material transfer agreements (SMTA) when exchanging such resources. He said that presently,
the Standard Material Transfer Agreement is used in India only for the exchange of germplasm
with CGIAR Centers. For other exchanges of germplasm, a different Material Transfer
Agreement is used. There is a need to harmonize rules in view of various international treaties to
which India is signatory making efforts to develop suitable MTA in consonance with accepted
Standard Material Transfer Agreement such as Easy SMTA developed by ITPGRFA secretariat
for the exchange of plant genetic resources under multilateral system. Commercialization of seed
varieties may antagonize the interest of farmers since seed varieties directly benefit the resource
poor farmers of the country
Dr. Puneet Kumar, Principal Scientist & Incharge, Zonal Technology Management Center, IVRI,
Izzatnagar, Bareilly fetched his experience in the field of animal husbandry by dispensing a lecture
entitled “Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) Related to Livestock”. He explained that how
we increase our income by using technology commercialization. He discussed that technology
commercialization is the process of moving research results from a research place to a
successfully marketable product. The ability to move a technology from /to market quickly and
efficiently is crucial in transferring technologies from public laboratories. Commercialization is
often thought to involve steps such as building a prototype, testing its feasibility and progressing
to completing product development and design. In India, in the field of veterinary and animal
sciences, many technologies are generated by the public funded institutions but technology
commercialization and entrepreneurship development is quite low. Indian Council of
Agricultural Research (ICAR) institutes and State Agricultural Universities (SAUs) and NGOs
have created knowledge in animal and veterinary science that has intrinsic IP with potentially
significant benefits to the society. Many technologies have been patented and commercialized by
ICAR institutes and universities working in the field of agricultural sciences. Atlast he said
Intellectual Property Rights encourage innovation and reward entrepreneurs.
18
Mr. Vikas Asawat, Registered Patent & Trade Mark Attorney, Noida, while delivering a lecture
on “Intellectual Property Rights with Special reference to Patent Filing and Drafting in
Indian Context” told us that patent is granted for functional aspect and the patent rights will be
deemed only when the application is published. He apprised us that from the month of March
2015 Office of the Controller General of Patents, Designs & Trade Marks have launched the e
filing of Industrial Design and Geographical Indication Applications. So, now Patents, Trade
Marks, Copyrights and Geographical Indication can be filed online. In case of Patent
Application, there is rebate in fee of 10% if it is filed online. In last 2-3 years online filing has
increased and Patent Attorneys are using Digital signature to file various IPR applications as it is
convenient, saves paper, saves postal/courier charges, fee rebate of 10% in case of Patents,
receipt and application number generation online and so on. After presenting his lecture he
interacted with the audience through a simple and interesting quiz on IPR.
Dr. Om Prakash, Expert of Patent & Design, delivered a lecture on “Patentability criteria
a practical approach in view of Indian Patents Act” and threw light on the dos and don’ts of
patenting inventions especially related to biological systems. He explained in very astonishing
way that how a patent is filed for effective granting by giving several easy examples. He
informed that patents in India are less popular because of our ignorance and the belief that
science is for all mankind and not just for the scientist alone. At the end he encouraged the
researchers by saying that it’s the time to protect our intellectual wealth because in this century,
an individual’s future standings will be determined by his/her ability to convert his/her
knowledge into wealth and creativity, ultimately into social goods.
Dr. Sujit Kumar, Scientific Officer (Plant Breeding), U.P. Council of Agricultural Research
(UPCAR), Lucknow and also the Organizing Secretary of the workshop galvanized us to
aggrandize the intellectual property management in agriculture for the scientific and economic
development of our state while delivering a lecture on “Searching for Prior Art: Moving From
the Search Room to the World Wide Web”. He said that for prior art search, a thorough search
should also include both patent and non-patent references such as journals and other
publications. The Internet is an excellent source for prior art information. A patent search is not
an infringement search.. He made us aware that inventions that combine two or more elements
already known in prior art can still be patentable, provided the combination is non-obvious.
19
Valedictory Session
The closing session of the training programme was glorified by the presence of Dr. J.S. Chauhan,
Assistant Director General (Seed) Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), New Delhi
as chief guest and Prof. Rajendra Kumar, Director General and Organizing Chairman of the
workshop. All of them congratulated and felicitated Dr. Sujit Kumar, Organizing
Secretary/Scientific Officer and his team for successful completion of the two days workshop.
Dr. Sujit Kumar expressed his gratitude towards all the dignitaries and the trainers for gracing
the occasion and guiding the participants. He also thanked the participants for their contributions
for making the workshop victorious. At last, certificates were awarded to all the participants by
our Hon’ble chief guest of the session. The programmes was ended with inspiring slogan “Patent
system adds fuel of interest to fire of genius”
Concluding Remark
Scientists and researchers had some very good discussions after each presentation which
stimulated a lot of thought process. It was great and rewarding to see that this workshop with the
help of these beneficial lectures gave satisfaction to the participants by providing them sufficient
information to conserve their intellect. As we talked a lot, we discussed a lot and we also
recommended a lot of things numbering at least eleven concrete deliberations, a few things can
be immediately followed up to protect our intellectual property when participants return back to
their respective place to disseminate the updates that shared here during various sessions.
The main highlights of the workshop are summarized in the points listed below:
• Better understanding of IPR principles and jurisprudence is necessary for economic
growth and development of the country.
• Need structured approach in technology generation, protection and commercialization.
• Policy framework and legal system need to be more dynamic.
• Developing high level skills in IPR management through education and training
especially in IP licensing.
• Potential to support technology based Entrepreneurship in Agriculture in U.P.
• Protection of Plant Varieties & Farmer’s Rights Authority (PPVFRA) recognizes
contribution in agro-biodiversity conservation and recognition of farmers similar to
breeders.
20
• The sui generis system for Protection of Plant Varieties was developed integrating the
rights of the breeders, farmers and village communities and taking care of the concerns
for equitable sharing of benefits.
• Commercialization of seed varieties may antagonize the interest of farmers since seed
varieties directly benefit the resource poor farmers of the country.
• CSIR-IP has led to creation of wealth and also has wide spread impact on society. It has
helped domestic Industry to avoid infringement and have strong IP support to have
competitive edge.
• Generation and analysis data is essentially important for any potential IP so it should be
critically examined.
• Patenting life forms bring with them imperious issues of pious and ethical values. In
present globalized and competitive world, uprising in biotechnology is a fulcrum of
national economic growth.
• It is the duty of every citizen of India to protect and conserve their innovation and
biodiversity.
• At the end, it’s the time to protect our intellectual wealth because in this century, an
individual’s future standings will be determined by his/her ability to convert his/her
knowledge into wealth and creativity ultimately into social goods.
Glimpses of the Inauguration Session of Workshop held on March 27-28, 2015
21
Dr. R.R. Hanchinal, Chief Guest of the Workshop delivering the Presidential
Address
Prof. Rajendra Kumar, Chairman of the Workshop delivering the Introductory Remark
about Intellectual Property Rights
22
Dr. Rahul Srivastava, Marketing Officer, South Asia, GALVmed South Asia Office, Jasola,
New Delhi delivering his lecture
Dr. Puneet Kumar, Principal Scientist & Incharge, Zonal Technology Management
Center, IVRI, Izzatnagar, Bareilly giving his lecture
23
Dr. Om Prakash, Expert Patent & Design delivering his lecture
Mr. Vikas Asawat, Registered Patent & Trade Mark Attorney, Noida, U.P. presenting his
lecture
24
Dr. J.S. Chauhan, ADG (Seeds), ICAR, New Delhi gracing the Valedictory Session by
giving a mesmerizing lecture on IPR
Dr. Sujit Kumar, Organizing Secretary of the Workshop delivering his lecture
25
Gathering of the Participants while attending the Workshop
Dr. J.S. Chauhan, ADG (Seeds), ICAR, New Delhi Chief-guest of the Valedictory Session
was distributing the certificate to the participants
26
Contact Details
Dr. Rajendra KumarDirector General & Organizing Chairman
&
Dr. Sujit KumarScientific Officer (Plant Breeding) & Organizing Secretary
Mob.: 09454664983; 07607006314
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.upcaronline.org
U.P. Council of Agricultural Research, Lucknow
