Title: IP audit of an academic institute - case study of central university and institute of excellence in India

Authors: Priyadarshini Singh; Hanumant Singh Rathore; Nar Bahadur Chhetri; Gouri Gargate

Addresses: Deceased; formerly of Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India ' Department of Biotechnology, School of Engineering and Technology, Nagaland Central University, Dimapur, India ' Department of Biotechnology, School of Engineering and Technology, Nagaland Central University, Dimapur, India ' Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, India

Abstract: Academic institutes generate a plethora of intellectual property (IP). In India, the national institutional ranking framework (NIRF) by the Ministry of Education (MoE) provides certain weightage to IPR. However, there is a huge gap between IP generation among the Institute of Eminence (IoE) and other universities. In this paper, the authors have tried to identify various types of IPs generated by both types of academic institutes and tried to structure them in the 'IP Audit framework' developed by Gargate and Jain. The two case studies considered for comparison are a central university and IoE from India. The study output may help to understand the difference in IP generation at these two different sets of academic institutes. Authors have also suggested modifications to the 'IP audit framework'. The authors have adopted an exploratory case study methodology.

Keywords: intellectual property; IP; audit framework; central University; academic institute; institute of excellence; IoE.

DOI: 10.1504/IJIPM.2024.137208

International Journal of Intellectual Property Management, 2024 Vol.14 No.2, pp.160 - 181

Received: 23 Dec 2020
Accepted: 27 Apr 2022
Published online: 05 Mar 2024 *

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