Originally published February 6th 2013

The value of patents for business houses to avert litigation was emphasized by S K Jain, department of management studies, IIT Delhi, at a workshop on "Intellectual Property Rights" (IPR) arranged at the Birla Institute of Technology Patna (BITP) on Wednesday.

The resource person lighted the divergence between copyrights and patents and explicated trademarks and trademark offense to the faculty members of BITP and other institutions, consisting BIT Deoghar, Admerit, Cybotech Campus, Chanakya National Law University and Patna University. "Indian patents journals are publicized each Friday with an objection period of three months," said Jain and also informed the patent policy of other nations.

Patna Central School will manage a "Science cum food festival" on their school premises on Thursday. The fest would be start up by Acharyasri Sudarshanji Maharaj while the guest of honour list considers A K Sinha, principal, Patna Science College, Dr N P Yadav, principal, PMCH, A K Yadav, deputy director, medical education, Bihar, and Dr D K Singh, former principal, Patna Dental College.

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