Intellectual Property Festival 2024 celebrated at CSIR

chennai: as a part of the national intellectual property festival (rashtriya boudhik sampada mahotsav) 2024, a one-day workshop on intellectual property rights (ipr) was organized by csir-serc and csir madras complex. during the workshop, dr n. anandavalli, director, csir-serc and co-ordinating director, cmc, delivered the welcome address. shri s. udhaya shanker, deputy controller of patents & designs, indian patent office, chennai, delivered the ip festival lecture on introduction to ipr and its impact. in his address, he briefed on the significance of intellectual property and the need to protect it. he also spoke about patents, copyrights, trademarks, and designs in detail. shri m. ajith, joint controller of patents and designs, indian patent office, chennai, delivered the lecture on patentability criteria and filing procedures. ms. k. susi, assistant controller of patents and designs, indian patent office, chennai, delivered the lecture on patentability and case studies on intellectual property rights. dr. ajayta agarwal, senior scientist, csir-innovation protection unit (ipu), delivered a lecture on techno-legal and business information contained in patents and other ip documents. dr. p. harikrishna, chief scientist, csir-serc, introduced the lecturers to the audience.the event was coordinated by dr. k. sathish kumar, chief scientist, csir-serc, and shri. r.d. sathish kumar, principal technical officer, csir-serc.