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The Centre for Intellectual Property Research and Advocacy [CIPRA] is an integral part of Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad. It was established to to help future lawyers hone their research and advocacy skills with a focus on Intellectual Property Rights [IPR] and to spread awareness of this developing area of law among students and the public at large. Since its inception in 2016, CIPRA has carried out various activities in furtherance of its goals, which include encouraging interdisciplinary research and to stimulate practical and theoretical aspects of IPRs into knowledge-based activities. Team CIPRA has conducted different workshops, competitions, discussions, quizzes, and debates. In the past 7 years, Team CIPRA has combined valuable work and has contributed to the growth of Intellectual Property and its awareness in the society through various initiatives taken up, such as the Geographical Indication [GI] Project, and is looking forward to actively figuring out areas of development in this field of law.
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SNO |
NAME |
BATCH |
EMAIL ID |
| 1 |
Ms. Riya Saxena (President) |
2019-24 |
riya.saxena@student.slsh.edu.in |
| 2 |
Ms. Varnika Manral (Vice President) |
2019-24 |
varnika.manral@student.slsh.edu.in |
| 3 |
Ms. Chanda S. (Member) |
2019-24 |
chanda.shashikant@student.slsh.edu.in |
| 4 |
Ms. Disha Sivakumar (Member) |
2019-24 |
disha.sivakumar@student.slsh.edu.in |
| 5 |
Ms. K. Akshara (Member) |
2019-24 |
k.akshara@student.slsh.edu.in |
| 6 |
Mr. Christo Sabu (Member) |
2020-25 |
christo.sabu@student.slsh.edu.in |
| 7 |
Mr. Naman Priyadarshi (Member) |
2020-25 |
naman.priyadarshi@student.slsh.edu.in |
| 8 |
Ms. Sejal Chaturvedi (Member) |
2020-25 |
sejal.chaturvedi@student.slsh.edu.in |
| 9 |
Ms. Manisha Bharathi (Member) |
2020-25 |
manisha.bharathi@student.slsh.edu.in |
| 10 |
Ms. Karen Vania (Member) |
2020-25 |
karen.vania@student.slsh.edu.in |
| 11 |
Ms. Chakshita Agarwal (Member) |
2021-26 |
21010324038@student.slsh.edu.in |
| 12 |
Ms. Mariam Fatima (Member) |
2021-26 |
21010323076@student.slsh.edu.in |
| 13 |
Mr. Kanishk Shah (Member) |
2021-26 |
21010323057@student.slsh.edu.in |
| 14 |
Mr. Pulkit Vashist (Member) |
2021-26 |
21010324097@student.slsh.edu.in |
| 15 |
Ms. Aishwarya S (Member) |
2022-27 |
22010323061@student.slsh.edu.in |
| 16 |
Ms. Arpita Rathore (Member) |
2022-27 |
22010323098@student.slsh.edu.in |
| 17 |
Mr. Benjamin Thomas (Member) |
2022-27 |
22010323044@student.slsh.edu.in |
| 18 |
Ms. Likitha Sri Meka (Member) |
2022-27 |
22010324107@student.slsh.edu.in |
| 19 |
Mr. V. Raghul Krishnaa (Member) |
2022-27 |
22010323050@student.slsh.edu.in |
The Workshop was organized by the Centre for Intellectual Property Research & Advocacy (hereinafter referred to as ‘CIPRA’) under the aegis of Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad (SLS-H) on 30th September, 2022. The speakers for the event were, Mr. Bappaditya Saha – Partner at BizRights IP and Ms. Niharika Salar – Assistant Professor at NALSAR, Hyderabad. The workshop was mainly for the first-year students, and to acquaint and create awareness among students concerning the various components of Intellectual Property. Throughout the workshop, both the speakers kept the students engaged. The importance of trademarking was emphasized upon by showing how new brands can piggy-back on one’s brands name which it hasn’t reserved its rights to.
The Centre for Intellectual Property Research and Advocacy organized a guest lecture on “Careers in Law: Special Orientation in IPR”. The guest speaker for the event was Adv. (Dr.) Shraddha Gujar Damle, Patent and Trademark Attorney at JetSynthesys Pvt. Ltd., Pune. Regarding careers in the realm of intellectual property, Miss. Damle provided some insightful information. She also advised students to choose wisely between earning money and learning, and to constantly strive to obtain experience in the area of law that they are passionate about.
The event was conducted on the 12th May, 2022. The Panel Discussion was a gathering of various reputed speakers who shared their insights about different aspects which are related to and effect the Non-Traditional forms of Intellectual Property Rights. The speakers were Ms. Garima Panwar, Mr. Anand Deshpande, Dr. Hina Kausar and Dr. Rupal Rautdesai. This discussion not only covered the basics of what are the non-traditional forms of intellectual property, it also covered how these are unique and different from the traditional intellectual property one might know. The importance and urgent need to protect these forms of intellectual property was spoken on in detail. These four speakers covered all the elements of non-traditional intellectual property and analyzed the relevant prospects.
A movie quiz competition was hosted on November 19th, 2021, in support of the centre's aim to foster curiosity and learning in the field of Intellectual Property (IP). The competition was based on basic IP ideas. This competition offered a one-of-a-kind platform to pique the interest of any IP fanatic. The participants were asked to watch a movie for the same and answer questions based on it. The event was a success and enabled them to put their practical knowledge of IP rules to the test and get a better understanding of IPR.
The National symposium conducted by the cell focussed on the theme of the changing dynamics of IP for development. The symposium was conducted in the memory and honor of Prof. (Dr.) Shamnad Basheer. The symposium was presided over by esteemed guests, Mr. Shishira Rudrappa, the Managing Director of IDIA; Mr. Ameet Datta, Partner at Saikrishna & Associates, New Delhi; Mr. Nihas Basheer, WadiaGhandy & Co.; and Mr. Jatin Trivedi, Sr. Partner at Y J Trivedi & Co (Ahmedabad). Prof. T C James, President of NIPO, was the Chief Guest and Dr. Surya Mani Tripathi, Legal Counsel at ICRISAT (Hyderabad) was the Guest of Honor. The symposium was divided into two sessions after the addresses by the presiding guests and provided a comprehensive and brevised overview of the theme of the symposium. The event was conducted online, on October 10th, 2020.
CIPRA presented SymbiLIVE – to celebrate Individuality and Originality of Thought. This session aimed to reignite the passion in the law student. The three speakers from different fields were focused to let the students freely express their fears and doubts and to invoke their inner calling. The dialogue engaged was never seen before at SLSH. The speakers were Arveen Kaur Chugh, a student of GNLU, Megha Bhatia, LLM from University College London & Founder of Our Voix and Ms Nimisha Verma, founder of a non-profit organization called 'Home for artists'
Webinar on “Innovation and IP: Innovate for a Green Future
The Centre for Intellectual Property Research and Advocacy organised
a webinar on “Innovation and IP: Innovate for a Green Future”.
The webinar was conducted by Dr Irene Calboli, Professor at Texas
A & M, University, School of Law. This webinar aimed to
link intellectual property with green technology and to make
the young minds understand the necessity of development in this
field for a better future.
IP Day Competitions
The team in the essence of celebrating the World IP Day
organized various competitions- IP Quiz,
Article writing, Poster making and Digital art for the Students of
SLSH. The winners were awarded cash prizes.
The Centre for Intellectual Property Research and Advocacy, along with SIBM conducted an informative session for the students on Business and IPR on March 12th, 2020. Prof (Dr.) Anirban Mazumder, Professor, NUJS and Mr Naveen Kumar Anumula, practising Advocate and Registered Patent Attorney with Government of India delivered the lecture on various aspects of Business and IP, Commercialisation of IP and Start-Up and IP. The talk was informative and provided students with an insight into how business laws play an important role in the corporate world and the practicalities involved in intellectual property and corporate bodies.
The Capsule Course explored the conceptual framework of Copyright and allied rights. It also provided a unique opportunity for attendees to interact with a professional in the field. It not only covered the theoretical aspects but also offered practical knowledge. The speaker for the course was Professor (Dr.) Anirban Mazumdar, a Professor at West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences (NUJS) and was also the Ex-Chair Professor of MHRD, IPR Chair at NUJS, Kolkata.
The course essentially focused on giving the students a comprehensive idea about Geographical Indications and Traditional knowledge in India. The course aimed at brevity without a compromise of knowledge. Ms Gargi Chakrabarti was the speaker, an associate professor, Coordinator of Govt of India chair on IPR, Co-ordinator UGC GIAN Project, National Law University, Jodhpur. The capsule course spanned over two days, 10th and 11th August 2019, and was concluded with an examination which served the purpose of judging the knowledge acquired by the students during the course.
As law students, there are many things that bother and confuse our minds. Team CIPRA decided to conduct an event where students who felt lost and disoriented could meet up and get their doubts cleared. The session aimed to create an avenue for young students to gather and learn from each other’s experiences wherein the seniors mentored their juniors. Owing to the success of the first edition, NecessiTea 2.0 was organised on October 4, 2019
IP-Unveil is the Flagship event of the CIPRA, conducted every year. The aim of the two-day event, organised on the 11th to 12th February 2019, was to spread awareness amongst the students in the rapidly emerging domain of intellectual property rights and to engage them in different activities to enhance their knowledge. Three events were organised to achieve the objective of the event. Broadly, the events organised were under the following heads:
Team CIPRA has worked with the Telangana government for a research projecton the geographical indication of the Balanagar Custard Apple. Therecommendable work of the team was appreciated by the Agriculture ProductionCommissioner & Principal Secretary toGovernment Agriculture & Co-operationDepartment, Government of Telangana.
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