GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

RAJYA SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3583
TO BE ANSWERED ON 06-08-2009

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

3583. SHRI P.R. RAJAN:

Will the Minister of SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY be pleased to state:

(a) whether Government allowed any intellectual property rights to lawyers to operate in India;
(b) whether IISc, IIT and CSIR have sold any of their product or process patents to any of the US based companies; and
(c) if so, the details thereof?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF EARTH SCIENCES; MINISTER OF STATE IN THE PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE; MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS; AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS
(PRITHVIRAJ CHAVAN)

(a) The intellectual property rights are private rights and the right holder can assign, license, transfer or sell the rights to others depending upon his commercial and other interests.
(b) & (c): Yes, Sir. The following 12 patents have been assigned/licensed to various US based companies by Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi and Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR):-

PATENTS ASSIGNED/LICENSED TO VARIOUS US BASED COMPANIES