Journal of Intellectual Property Rights

Sanjay Bhardwaj ¹, G. Padmanabham ¹, Karuna Jain ², D. Srinivasa Rao ¹, Shrikant V. Joshi ³

Affiliations
1 International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials (ARCI), Hyderabad-500005, Telangana, IN
2 National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE), Mumbai-400087, IN
3 Department of Engineering Science, University West Sweden, SE

Abstract

This study is aimed at developing insights into the Technology Value Chain (TVC) of advanced materials based technologies using a scenario in which technology has been transferred by a Research and Technology Organization (RTO) to a Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) in the Indian context. A Conceptual Theoretical Model (CTM) using constructs from existing TVC models is used as a basis for the case study described in this paper. This model is refined using actual evidence from an Indian RTO-the International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials (ARCI), Hyderabad. The TVC of ARCI’s proprietary Detonation Spray Coating (DSC) technology is used to expand upon the CTM as well as to provide new insights wherever possible. The TVC adopted for DSC includes technology incubation and proof of concept in advance of transferring the technology. These strategies, aided by government funding of the technology recipient companies, were observed to play an important role in successful commercialization.

Keywords

Technology Commercialization, Technology Value Chain, Advanced Materials Technologies, Detonation Spray Coating.

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Gouri Ashok Gargate ¹, Anindya Roy Chowdhury ², Karuna Jain ³

Affiliations
1 Rajiv Gandhi School of Intellectual Property Law, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, West Bengal — 721 302,, IN
2 Centre for Intellectual Property Rights, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam — 530 003,, IN
3 Shailesh J. Mehta School of Management, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai — 400 076,, IN

Abstract

Innovation and scientific developments are the bases for economic growth. Academic and research organizations are key contributors to this development. These are the intellectual capital hubs rich in innovation capital. Innovation capital is responsible for inventions and innovations that can be protected by using the legal instrument to create intellectual property (IP). These IP rights creation and management is smooth if there is an organisational IP Policy which will address various IP-related issues. Hence, careful drafting of IP Policy is an indispensable activity of an organization. However, this is usually ignored by academic and research organisations in developing nations may be due to unawareness about its importance and unavailability of IP experts for drafting IP Policy. There are various earlier efforts to push these organisations to develop their own IP Policy including IP Policy guidelines developed by Government bodies. However, in spite of these efforts, IP Policy is not created by most of the academic and research organisations in the country till date. After examining the reasons for the non development of IP Policy, a new “IP Policy Framework” is proposed to overcome these problems. The IP policies have been analysed through exploratory research methodology for various organizations in the India and across various organisations from developed nations.

Keywords

Intellectual Property, IP Policy, India, Research, Developing country, Academic and Research Institutes.

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