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January 2019 Issue

04 October 2018

A patent is a form of intellectual property. A patent gives its owner the right to exclude others from making, using,
selling, and importing an invention for a limited period of time. The patent rights are granted in exchange for an
enabling public disclosure of the invention.

Department of Information Technology & Electronics organised a Knowledge Workshop on Patenting Mechanism in
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the Digital World on 4 October 2018 at Sisir Mitra Hall, Webel Bhavan, to impart knowledge on the process of filing
of patents to start ups in IT&E sector in West Bengal.

The workshop was graced by the presence of Shri Debashis Sen, IAS, Additional Chief Secretary, Department of IT&E,
Govt. of West Bengal and other senior officials of DIT&E and Webel.

The workshop started with address by Shri Sanjay Bhattacharya, Deputy Controller of Patents & Designs, Kolkata on
the topic “Patenting System in India”.

Shri Sanjay Bhattacharya delivering speech Shri Debashis Sen, IAS presenting memento to Shri Sanjay
Bhattacharya

Next topic was “Patent laws” deliberated by Prof N.S. Sreenivasulu, Expert on Technology Laws and Intellectual
Property from West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences (WB-NUJS), Kolkata.

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