Awareness regarding intellectual property rights a survey amongst the P.G. and Ph.D. students of Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow

Dr. Sufiya Ahmed; Prashant Kumar Varun

Awareness regarding intellectual property rights a survey amongst the P.G. and Ph.D. students of Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow

Authors
Dr. Sufiya Ahmed, Prashant Kumar Varun

Abstract
The term intellectual property has been used for almost one hundred and fifty years to refer to general area of law that encompasses copyright, patent, designs, and trademarks, as well as a host of related rights. Intellectual property law aims at safeguarding creators and other producers of intellectual goods and services by granting them certain time-limited rights to control the use made of those productions. Those rights do not apply to the physical object in which the creation may be embodied but instead to the intellectual creation as such. Intellectual property protection has long been an area of interest for researchers, students, policy makers and practitioners. In the present time Intellectual property rights have become common subject in all the disciplines of study. It is important not only for the lawyers, judges, law students but also engineers, scientists, artists, technicians, farmers, and as well as researchers also.

Intellectual property is regarded as a symbol of national wealth that can boost the development of the economy of the country. High production of intellectual property materials protected by intellectual property law will act as stimulants to the development of the economy of the country. However, the success of the intellectual property system of a country depends very much on the public’s level of awareness. To find out the awareness of students about the concept of IPR Law and to suggest possible ways to avoid it, a descriptive study was conducted. The objectives of the study were to examine the level of researcher’s knowledge about concept of IPR, laws protecting IPR, knowledge about specific IPRs, and effect of IPR Laws and to suggest possible ways to prevent unauthorized use of IPRs. Study was delimited to the research students of P.G. and PhD in BBAU University. A sample of 60 students was selected through random sampling technique, 60 questionnaires was used to collect the data. Data were analyzed through descriptive statistics. On the basis of findings it was concluded that they were not properly informed or taught about the concept of IPR Laws during their study and it had implications on the quality of research. The final section discusses conclusions as well as recommendations on appropriate measures taken in order to cultivate intellectual property awareness among the students and researchers.

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