Unit-V Herbal Drug Technology (Compiled by: Mr. Shmmon Ahmad, Faculty of Pharmacy, Glocal University Saharanpur, email:
[email protected]) Topic: IPR (Intellectual Property Rights) Intellectual property rights are the rights given to persons over the creations of their minds. They usually give the creator an exclusive right over the use of his/her creation for a certain period of time. For any technology, business, invention, application, designs and many more intangible assists involved in business should be secured through intellectual property rights. Intellectual property rights include patents, copyright, industrial design rights, trademarks, plant variety rights, trade dress, geographical indications, but customarily divided into four main areas: 1-Patent 2.Copy Right 3.Trade mark 4.Industrial Design 1-Patent, A patent gives its owner the legal right to prevent others from using their idea commercially for a limited period of years, such as by making, using, selling or importing a patented product, or using a patented process. A patent must be applied for before the invention is made public. In any event, to be valid, the invention must be New and Inventive. As per WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization) A patent is an exclusive right granted for an invention, which is a product or a process that provides, in general, a new way of doing something, or offers a new technical solution to a problem. To get a patent, technical information about the invention must be disclosed to the public in a patent application. In most countries patent rights fall under civil law and the patent holder needs to sue someone infringing the patent in order to enforce his or her rights.