Our programs in International Patents & Intellectual Property Services will open many doors for your future. The course will cover several major Intellectual Property topics and also help the participants develop related skill sets such as legal and technical writing, computer and presentation skills that are prerequisites for a successful Intellectual Property career. On completion, the participants would have developed a skill set that is second to none and be on path for lucrative IP & patents related jobs.
A career in Intellectual Property is a secure and never ending career. An Intellectual Property professional can define their own destiny by continuing onto advanced studies and becoming a specialist in one of the many Intellectual Property areas. Graduates from GIIP’s program will have a huge leap over others if they wish to become an Intellectual Property specialist or plan to sit for the U.S. or Indian Patent Bar exam.
India Scenario
- India ranks 2nd among 53 nations in terms of the availability of competent scientists and engineers; it ranks 51st in commercializing research and knowledge-based inventions
- India signed WTO agreement in January 2005. Indian companies will have to compete globally, hence the need to innovate, protect and build commercial and business strategy tools
- Indian companies, especially SMEs are finding it difficult to manage enormous amounts of IP that they or their employees are generating
- Growing number of multi-national (MNCs) and Indian companies investing in R&D activities
- Growing outsourcing / off shoring opportunities in the fields of patents and IP from US, Europe and Japan. (due to abundant talent and state-of-the-art infrastructure. Operational excellence that has delivered cost and quality leadership in offshore services centres)
Modern, Developing, Innovation driven Industries and Organizations
POTENTIAL EMPLOYERS
- Indian Corporates, SMEs
- MNCs
- Law Firms
- Academia
- Government (PTOs)
- Research Institutions
- KPOs & LPOs
- Your Own Consultancy
TYPE OF INDUSTRIES
- Biotechnology, Bioinformatics
- Pharmaceuticals
- Information Technology
- Chemical, Mechanical
- Textile
- Automobile
- Heavy Engineering
- R&D & Government Institutions (CSIR)
Participants appearing for their final year/semester exam are also eligible to apply.
Technical Graduates with pure / life science, engineering, pharma, biotech, software and degrees
- Patent Engineers, Agents
- Patent Examiners and work with PTO
- Patent & IP Expert / Advisor / Consultant
- Patent Prosecutors
- Licensing and Valuation Experts
Legal Graduates (LLB, LLM), Non-Technical
- IP Attorney & do IP related litigation services
- Patent Prosecutors
- Paralegals and work with law firms in area of documentation and support
Legal Graduates (LLB, LLM), Technical
- IP Attorney & do IP related litigation services
- Patent Prosecutors
- Paralegals and work with law firms in area of documentation and support
Technical Graduates
Patent Engineers, Agents
- Review invention disclosures from inventors
- Conduct patentability searches
- Analyze, Draft and file patent applications
- Conduct correspondence with the local Patent and Trademark Office (PTO)
- Counsel clients on Local and foreign patent strategy
Patent Examiners
- Works at PTO
- Assess applications for patents by ascertaining that the invention is new, not merely an adjustment to something which already exists, carrying out searches and making sure application meets all requirements of Patent Office
- Making a final decision as to the novelty of the invention, which is written in a final report
- The Patents are granted, re-examined, reissued by Patent Examiners
- Occasionally, becoming involved in specialized work, such as intellectual property policy, information retrieval and publicity
Patent & IP Expert / Advisor / Consultant
- Domain Experts
- Assist attorney and agents
- Making a final decision as to the novelty of the invention, which is written in a final report
- Coordinate patent application filings in local and foreign countries
- Engaged in high end jobs, such as Patent Valuation, Patent Licensing
Patent Prosecutors – Entry level
- Preparing Information Disclosure Statements, Oath and Declarations, other basic filing papers (Legal support/paralegal functions)
- Freedom to operate/product clearance (document review)
- Patentability study (document review)
- Legal and technical research
- Response to restriction requirements and first Office Actions
Patent Prosecutors – Intermediate level
- Patentability search and review and preparation of new patent applications (U.S. and PCT filings) Freedom to operate/product clearance (search and participate in opinion writing)
- Validity and invalidity opinions (document review/basic support)
- Conduct personal or telephone interviews with PTO Examiners
- Response to final rejections
- Coordinating prosecution with foreign associates
Patent Prosecutors – Expert level
- Write Appeal Briefs; conduct Oral Hearing at Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences (BPAI)Validity and invalidity opinions (document review/basic support)
- Validity and invalidity opinions (participate in writing)
- File ex parte or inter partes re-examination
- File re-issue application
- Participate in litigation (U.S. and foreign)
- Extensive direct contact with clients; begin developing own clients
Legal Graduates
Working at End User Organization
- Patent drafting and prosecution
- Patent infringement and validity opinions
- Employment contracts
- Advise on trade secrets, patent strategy, business plans
- Interact with foreign patent counsel, litigation counsel, venture capitalists, auditors
- Discovery
- Memoranda
- Requests
- Motions
- Depositions
- Trial and appellate briefs
- Settlement negotiations
- Mediation
- Arbitration
