I also interested to do the course of Intellectual Property Management. Could you please suggest me that, which universities are offering this IPM courses in India. And what are the other qualifications needed to become a patent agent. Thank you very much for your cooperation?...... (RAM)

There are institutions offering LLB with specialization in IPR (Intellectual Property Rights) or Post Graduate Diploma courses in IPR but you are not likely to find Intellectual Property Management courses. Candidates having a science/ engineering or technology degree of a recognized university, above 21 years of age are eligible to appear for the Patent Agent Examination conducted by the Patent Office, Govt of India (www.ipindia.nic.in); after qualifying they would become patent agents

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I want to know about the P.G Diploma in Patent Basics and P.G.Diploma in Patent Litigation ...appreciate if you could give address of the institute where these courses are available?....(Madhav Ware)

Patent law or patent basics may be covered as part of an Intellectual Property Rights course as well as in a separate course. Certificate course in Intellectual Property (weekend course) is offered by the Institute of Intellectual Property Studies, SVKM Campus, Ground Floor, A J College of Commerce & Economics, N S Road 1, Vile Parle, Mumbai-400056 (www.iips.ac.in), 3-months Online Certificate course on Intellectual Property Rights & Information Technology in the Internet Age is offered by The Indian Law Institute, Bhagvandas Road, New Delhi-110001(http://elearningili.org); P G D in Intellectual Property Rights Law (PGDIPRL) by distance education is offered by National Law School of India University, Nagarbhavi, Post Bag No 7201, Bangalore-560072 [ www.nls.ac.in ], 6 weeks (part-time) certificate course on Patents and Intellectual Property Services by Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi was offered in collaboration with Global Institute of Intellectual Property (www.iitd.ac.in); 1 year Post Graduate Diploma (Proximate Education) in Patents Law is offered by NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad ( www.nalsarpro.org or www.nalsar.ac.in) and PGD in Patent Studies at Academy for Patent Studies at MET Campus, Opp Lilavati Hospital, Reclamation, Bandra W, Mumbai-400050. For more choices, just keep track of the admission notifications in the prominent dailies.

By: Ms. Jayanti Ghose

intellectual property rights- courses offered, name of institutes offering the courses? Yashwant singh verma, yashwantsinghverma@gmail.com

Rajiv Gandhi School of Intellectual Property Law, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur (C/o Vinod Gupta School of Management, IIT Kharagpur (www.iitkgp.ernet.in), National Law School of India University, Bangalore [ www.nls.ac.in The Indian Law Institute, New Delhi (http://elearningili.org), NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad (www.nalsarpro.org), Asian School of Cyber Laws, Pune-16 (www.ascionline.org), Institute of Intellectual Property Studies, Mumbai (www.iips.ac.in), and Centre for Distance Education, University of Hyderabad (www.uohyd.ernet.in) offer IPR law courses. Allied programmes are offered by Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad (Deemed University), (www.iiita.ac.in) and NLU Jodhpur (www.nlujpdhpur.ac.in). Listing is indicative.

By: Ms. Jayanti Ghose