Microsoft to Fund Intellectual Property Rights Chair at Gujarat National Law University

AHMEDABAD: The Gujarat National Law University (GNLU) will soon have an intellectual property rights (IPR) chair funded by Microsoft India. Besides a professor, there will be two other members including an assistant professor. This is the first instance of collaboration between Microsoft and a law university in India. A formal announcement in this regard will be made soon, said sources in the university.

"The chair will serve as a nodal point for research and framing of policy in IPR. We need to create an effective IPR ecosystem," said Dr Bimal N Patel, director, GNLU.