Why do you need intellectual property rights?
Everyone talks about business developments strategies and the inventions or the different species of the Intellectual property, add to the benefits of the industry. But all this is possible or alternatively, do you know the value it can bring to your business only if it is properly protected under the law?
What can you protect?
All your inventions, the brand names and symbols of the products you market, the outer shape or the contour and configuration of the product you market and even the labels, the cartons or the brochures of the marketed goods can be protected under the law.
Can you elaborate a little?
Inventions are the scientific and technical solutions to the technical problems which you have faced during the research & development work in your laboratories, done over the last few years, after spending lakhs of rupees, to have the best return of the investments, utilizing all of your capital assets. These technical solutions are of great importance to your company, or the organization, as they are called “Patents” the monopoly rights granted by the state against those technical solutions of your R&D work.
Brand names or the symbols are the ‘ambassadors’ to the public for your product developed and manufactured by your company, to show that the goods belong to you or you are the manufacturer for such goods in demand. These brand names are called as the “Trade Marks” being the monopoly right registrable by the concerned authorities which adds colours and profits to your business. Further this is one of the rights in the IPR field which you can enjoy for ever as long as keep marketing the goods you manufacture.
Outer shape or the configurations of the product you market have the great public demand and they have the right sense of appeal, which you feel, that every other competitor of yours should feel jealous about its market value is another kind of monopoly right called “Design” which is again registrable by the concerned authorities of the state.
The labels, the cartons or the brochures of the marketed goods of your company have an eye-catching effect or pushing nature in the business dealings as a best marketable strategy or an effective slogan, which you feel that every other person in the country would like to keep quoting (if and when allowed) for their products. Why such jealous nature or why their hearts have the thirst for such a slogan to be used, because you own the “copy right”, the moment you have coined or created it. Do you know long you can enjoy the same right? It is mind boggling that you can ever think of.
Above all, using the patent right for your inventions, you can grant license and obtain royalty; be the pioneer in the industrial field. Further you can also do transfer of technology and get an income or the price for the same. If anybody copies your invention, you can sue them for an infringement action, only if your invention is protected, otherwise what would you do?
Similarly you can allow anyone else to use your trademark, by way of outright sale or a license to use the same with your concurrence. Moreover using the trade mark for your product is very important by way of exploitation. If anybody uses your mark without your authorization, you have an immediate necessity to take proper action. Suppose you have not registered your mark for your product with the concerned authorities, what way you can protect the goods from such copying action?
Similarly the copyright can be allowed to be used by an another party with specific approval or agreement and obtain the royalty for the same purpose.
Who can help you do all these or at least properly educate you?
An IPR expert
Yes, you need an IPR expert to advise you, when,
1. You begin or start a new business
2. You want to market a product after manufacture based on an idea
3. You want to start a manufacturing business; you need to have a clear infringement report, before marketing the same product.
4. Your process or the product or even the technology is new
i. To help you know how to keep it confidential
ii. To help you disclose to others by suitably entering into a non-disclosure agreement or a confidentiality agreement
iii. To seek VC for funding
iv. To seek appropriate protection for the said technology
v. To license the technology
vi. To sue the parties who infringe your rights
vii. To also defend you that you do not infringe other’s right.
viii. To advise you that how to develop or improve your product
ix. What is the value for the IP Right you hold in your business
Who is this IPR expert? Where is he available?
All these answers you would find below………
S. Chandrasekaran B.E., LL.B., D.F.M., F.I.V.,
Former Member (Technical)
Intellectual Property Appellate Board, Chennai.
Former Controller General of Patents, Designs & Trade Marks & Geographical Indications
Everyone talks about business developments strategies and the inventions or the different species of the Intellectual property, add to the benefits of the industry. But all this is possible or alternatively, do you know the value it can bring to your business only if it is properly protected under the law?
What can you protect?
All your inventions, the brand names and symbols of the products you market, the outer shape or the contour and configuration of the product you market and even the labels, the cartons or the brochures of the marketed goods can be protected under the law.
Can you elaborate a little?
Inventions are the scientific and technical solutions to the technical problems which you have faced during the research & development work in your laboratories, done over the last few years, after spending lakhs of rupees, to have the best return of the investments, utilizing all of your capital assets. These technical solutions are of great importance to your company, or the organization, as they are called “Patents” the monopoly rights granted by the state against those technical solutions of your R&D work.
Brand names or the symbols are the ‘ambassadors’ to the public for your product developed and manufactured by your company, to show that the goods belong to you or you are the manufacturer for such goods in demand. These brand names are called as the “Trade Marks” being the monopoly right registrable by the concerned authorities which adds colours and profits to your business. Further this is one of the rights in the IPR field which you can enjoy for ever as long as keep marketing the goods you manufacture.
Outer shape or the configurations of the product you market have the great public demand and they have the right sense of appeal, which you feel, that every other competitor of yours should feel jealous about its market value is another kind of monopoly right called “Design” which is again registrable by the concerned authorities of the state.
The labels, the cartons or the brochures of the marketed goods of your company have an eye-catching effect or pushing nature in the business dealings as a best marketable strategy or an effective slogan, which you feel that every other person in the country would like to keep quoting (if and when allowed) for their products. Why such jealous nature or why their hearts have the thirst for such a slogan to be used, because you own the “copy right”, the moment you have coined or created it. Do you know long you can enjoy the same right? It is mind boggling that you can ever think of.
Above all, using the patent right for your inventions, you can grant license and obtain royalty; be the pioneer in the industrial field. Further you can also do transfer of technology and get an income or the price for the same. If anybody copies your invention, you can sue them for an infringement action, only if your invention is protected, otherwise what would you do?
Similarly you can allow anyone else to use your trademark, by way of outright sale or a license to use the same with your concurrence. Moreover using the trade mark for your product is very important by way of exploitation. If anybody uses your mark without your authorization, you have an immediate necessity to take proper action. Suppose you have not registered your mark for your product with the concerned authorities, what way you can protect the goods from such copying action?
Similarly the copyright can be allowed to be used by an another party with specific approval or agreement and obtain the royalty for the same purpose.
Who can help you do all these or at least properly educate you?
An IPR expert
Yes, you need an IPR expert to advise you, when,
1. You begin or start a new business
2. You want to market a product after manufacture based on an idea
3. You want to start a manufacturing business; you need to have a clear infringement report, before marketing the same product.
4. Your process or the product or even the technology is new
i. To help you know how to keep it confidential
ii. To help you disclose to others by suitably entering into a non-disclosure agreement or a confidentiality agreement
iii. To seek VC for funding
iv. To seek appropriate protection for the said technology
v. To license the technology
vi. To sue the parties who infringe your rights
vii. To also defend you that you do not infringe other’s right.
viii. To advise you that how to develop or improve your product
ix. What is the value for the IP Right you hold in your business
Who is this IPR expert? Where is he available?
All these answers you would find below………
S. Chandrasekaran B.E., LL.B., D.F.M., F.I.V.,
Former Member (Technical)
Intellectual Property Appellate Board, Chennai.
Former Controller General of Patents, Designs & Trade Marks & Geographical Indications
E-Mail: iprsekaran@gmail.com ///
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