Karnataka - Shimoga   

Call to create awareness on IPRs

Start: Chief Executive Officer of the Shimoga Zilla Panchayat P. Bore Gowda inaugurating a workshop on Intellectual Property Rights in Shimoga on Friday.

SHIMOGA: Chief Executive Officer of the Shimoga Zilla Panchayat P. Bore Gowda said here on Friday that the intention of introducing laws under Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) was to help people protect innovations made by them.

Addressing a gathering as chief guest at a one-day workshop on Intellectual Property Rights here he said the laws were of immense significance in the present context.

The workshop was organised by the Karnataka State Council for Science and Technology, Karnataka Council for Technical Upgradation, the District Industries Centre and the Shimoga District Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Mr. Gowda said that though farmers had taken up many innovative farming methods they were not aware of the Patents Act to register the innovations in their names. It was possible that their efforts were likely to be misused by those who would claim rights on them, he said.

He said it was necessary that people particularly farmers be enlightened about the significance of IPRs and the Patents Act. Referring to an experiment of the local youth who had come up with an arecanut peeling machine, Mr. Gowda said there was possibility of their experiment being claimed by others under the Patents Act, if it was not registered.

He said that laws under IPRs would help prevent misuse of unique innovations.

President of the Shimoga District Industries Association K.S. Anantharamaiah explained the difference between physical and intellectual properties. President of the Shimoga District Chamber of Commerce and Industry K.V. Vasanthkumar stressed the need for giving more importance to documentation and registration of new innovations. The IPRs played a vital role in this process, he added.

Joint director of the District Industries Centre P. Prabhudev, nodal officer of the Karnataka State Council for Science and Technology P.R. Dhanavantri, scientist Yashwantdev Panvar and senior patent consultant Raju Bhupathiraju spoke.

Copyrights management patent attorney Gaurav Miglani gave details about the IPRs.

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