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Recognizing the true value of intellectual property rights in the spawning of grassroots innovations and traditional knowledge practices, NIF has set up an IP management division for empowering the knowledge rich, economically poor grassroots innovators and traditional knowledge holders. In furtherance to this mission, the IP Management division is actively engaged in the following activities: |
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In a short span of time, NIF has been able to achieve considerable progress in these objectives. Till date 197 patent applications have been filed in India by NIF and its associate organizations and out of these, 33 patents have been granted in India. 7 patent applications were filed in US, of which 4 have already been granted. In the same time period, 10 trade mark applications were also filed in India and 1 Trade mark application was filed in USA. 3 design applications were also filed. In addition to these, NIF also applied for registration of a farmer's variety under PVPFRA. |
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All these achievements would not have been possible without support from various quarters. Premier intellectual property lawfirms like Anand & Anand, Surana & Surana, Global Business Solutions and Y J Trivedi are providing pro-bono help to NIF in filing patents on behalf of the grassroots innovators. There are also many other firms like DP Ahuja & Co, Subramaniam, Nataraj Associates, L.S. Davar & Co, NewDelhi, etc. who provides professional services on nominal professional charges. NIF has been able to file several patent Applications in United States of America with the help of SRISTI through the law firm K&L Gates, Boston (formerly THT Boston). We hope that more and more firms will take interest in working on a pro bono basis with NIF for helping grassroots innovators across the world. |
NIF's initiative regarding Prior Informed Consent(PIC) |
We strongly believe that the knowledge of the local communities and individuals should be accessed and used only with the prior informed consent of the knowledge holders. NIF has taken a bold step in this regard and initiated efforts in developing a form for receiving Prior Informed Consent (PIC) from the knowledge holders. Through several rounds and months of discussions with the collaborators and knowledge providers, we have developed a PIC Form. During this process of consultation, we learned that for the people whose knowledge rights have never been acknowledged, the concept of PIC was not only new, but also intriguing. Along with the PIC form we developed an explanatory note which highlights the positive and negative sides of saying, ‘yes' or ‘no' to various choices given in the form. For instance, where an innovator suggests that his knowledge may be shared widely through the Honey Bee newsletter and/or on website or through other public channels, we have to explain the advantages of doing so and also the disadvantages from the IPR protection perspective. |
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