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STRATEGY TO IMPLEMENT THE IPR POLICY
Annexure 6.V
Preamble
In view of the above mentioned R&D activities, the IPR Policy would maximize benefits,
generate awareness and ensure legal protection for its IP to the Institute in particular, and also
amongst the various Himalayan communities. These necessitated the enunciation and
communication of an Intellectual Property (IP) Policy of GBPIHED. The goals of Institute
policy are thus to:
1. Stimulate and encourage increased creativity and innovation of issues relating to
the management of IPRs to gain economic advantage.
2. Expose and develop skills amongst the scientific community to understand,
interpret and analyze the techno-legal and business information contained in
patents and other IP documents.
3. Protection of different intellectual properties generated at G.B. Pant Institute of
Himalayan Environment & Development.
4. Evolve appropriate systems to capture and assess the intellectual property
generated in the GBPIHED system.
5. Establish a globally acceptable system of recording and documentation of
experimental results, data and information base.
6. A concerted plan to intensify research on traditional system of medicine,
biotechnology, conservation of biodiversity and various disciplines so as to
contribute to fundamental advances in health care, and overall sustainable
development leading to commercialization of effective products.
7. Expose the local and indigenous people to various issues of biodiversity and
indigenous knowledge, protect their interests and develop mechanism for
preserving and benefit sharing.
8. Develop a model mechanism for protection of biodiversity, identification of
bioresources and its conservation and information to central and state governments
for its protection.
9. Mobilize and influence national thinking in IP related issues and concerns.
10. Provide the highest level of professional techno-legal services for securing and
protecting the IP generated.
The policy is based upon the following principles relating GBPIHED to the community.
• The mission of GBPIHED remains the generation and dissemination of
technology/knowledge for conservation and sustainable development of Himalayan
region.
• Intellectual property will be generated within GBPIHED, and there exists an
obligation to disseminate it. An interface is needed if better technology transfer is
to be achieved, and GBPIHED will provide mechanisms for that function.
The policy is based upon the following principles relating staff, students and the local
communities to the GBPIHED.
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