Intellectual Property Rights
Facilitation Program

Introduction

AIIRF – EDII is one of the best incubation centers in India that recognizes that intangible assets like inventions, copyright, GIs, designs, and other creative and innovative products generated during the scientific and intellectual pursuits of our clients and Research students provide a competitive edge to the startups.

About Intellectual Property Rights

The advantages mentioned below are only enjoyed by the companies which are incorporated according to the provisions laid out in the Companies Act of 2013. Non incorporated companies do not enjoy these benefits.

PATENTS

Patent is an exclusive right granted by the State for an invention that is new, involves an inventive step and is capable of industrial application. It gives its owner an exclusive right to prevent or stop others from making, using, offering for sale, selling or importing a product or a process, based on the patented invention, without the owner’s prior permission.

TRADEMARKS

A trademark is a sign capable of distinguishing the goods or services of one enterprise from those of other enterprises. Trademarks are protected by intellectual property rights

COPYRIGHTS

Copyright is a type of intellectual property that gives its owner the exclusive right to make copies of creative work, usually for a limited time. The creative work may be in a literary, artistic, educational, or musical form.

GI TAG

Geographical Indications (GI) are names associated with goods which identify such goods as agriculture goods, natural goods or manufactured goods as originating, or manufactured in the territory of a country or a region or locality in that territory, where a given quality, reputation or other characteristic of such goods is essentially attributable to its geographical origin.