Thoughts, words

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Thoughts, words deeds

• Winning the knowledge game

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Changing rules

• Patent regimen -Effectively enforces a paradigm
  shift towards a knowledge economy.
• Stop infringement
• Respect products patents.
• Transform from replication to innovation
• Quicken the pace of innovation
• Patent indigenous ideas
• Hoping to attract more global investments into
  India.

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Stealing the mind

• In a Knowledge Economy
• Knowledge is a tangible asset.
• Knowledge is power
• Knowledge paves way to wealth.
• Stealing new ideas/thoughts/knowledge amounts to
  a legal offense
• There are no Rights to copy.

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Knowledge Creation

• Expensive yet rewarding
• Knowledge creation is rewarded by an exclusive
  right to commercial benefits on the product for
  15- 20 years after the invention is validated.
• India to be at par with the knowledge cartels
  of the world.

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Owning Knowledge

• Patents assert technology growth
• Companies with IP assets are valued higher grow
  faster
• Attract investors and generate funds
• Creates entry barriers for tech pirates
• Certifies ownership to knowledge created
• Fingerprints technology
• Awards sole rights to the holder over commercial
  benefits.
• Spurs FDI in the sector
• Safeguarding intellectual property

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Enforcing

• Rights to knowledge entails
• India neither infringes nor allows infringement
• Fighting global battles to protect indigenous
  technology
• Assist in reaping economic benefits from products
  with expired patents
• Validating patentability of new knowledge
• Assisting research by tracing patent paths.
• India now needs knowledge keepers, to enforce
  rights to knowledge.

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Patent AgentsKnowledge Keepers

• Patent Agents are
• Technocrats/scientists/engineers
• Well versed with the law governing knowledge
  management.
• Are responsible for guarding IPR created in India
  and to help in gainfully utilizing knowledge that
  is free for all.
• With 10,000 patents awaiting examination and
  the number filed expected to grow by 40/annum
  (modest est.), Patent agents are
• in great demand.

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Patent Agent

• The US has 30000 and India only 745 registered
  patent agents
• A patent Agent is required to have
• A basic bachelors degree in science/technology/
  engineering
• Passed a patent bar exam held by the Ministry of
  Industry and Commerce.
• Preparing to take the Bar Exam is the most
  challenging aspect for a Patent Agent.

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CREST hones Patent Agents

• CREST Bio Consulting Private Limited (CREST)is
  committed to
• To develop a talent pool for Life sciences in
  India that matches industry needs,keeps pace with
  changing technology and is at par with research
  talents in the evolved markets of the world.
• CREST is assisted by leading industry experts in
  their efforts to design and teach the top of the
  line patent law course.

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CRESTRide the new wave

• CREST BIO Consulting Private Limited
• CREST is a supplementary training centre that
  aims to bridge the gap between academics and
  industry.
• The man power needs of the KM economy has changed
  drastically and CREST is instituted to train in
  emerging skills in the pharma and biotech sectors
  .
• IP management is the biggest need for these
  knowledge driven sectors
• For more info about crest please visit
  www.crestedu.com

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Faculty

• Hands- on experience in the industry.
• With competent and experienced members
• Experts in special areas
• From all over the country
• With Multi disciplinary knowledge pertaining to
  patent laws,rules ,amendments,procedures and
  practices.
• With a thorough understanding of current industry
  needs to impart hands-on training.
• Serve both corporate and individual
• Offers services in India and abroad.
• Making intellectual value profittable.

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Faculty

• The principle faculty Mr. Rama sarma is an
  academically inclined successful patent attorney
  who has written books and regularly writes for
  leading publications. He also teaches at the,
  Symbiosis , school of management at Pune.
• Associates/partners from other successful law
  firms will also be teaching.
• Experts in various aspects of innovation
  management will render specialized topics.

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Curriculum

• The curriculum targets current needs of the
  industry and has been designed in to a 100 hour
  modules.
• A comprehensive overview of IP laws pertaining to
  India, procedures , trade and treaties related
  information along with documentation training.
• Specialized content giving a working knowledge of
  patent laws in EU,US and Japan are also being
  covered.
• The art of drafting for a patent
• The most important area involving finance and
  Intellectual property law- IP audits is also
  being addressed through special faculty.
• The module is suited to empower students
  competence in multiple areas .

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Adding Value

• The IP course offers
• A complete perspective of patents and laws
  governing the area.
• A working knowledge patents , which enables
  understanding of patent management.
• Specialized awareness of patent laws in more
  evolved lucrative market.
• Search techniques to ascertain pertinence for
  patent application
• And Much more.

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Becoming a patent agent

• The basic requirements for a patent agent
• An Indian citizen completed 21 years of age
• Graduate of science/engineering/technology
• Excellent verbal and written communication
  skills.
• Comprehend and recall from a large pool of data
• A thorough understanding of their chosen areas of
  scientific study
• Combined with CRESTs IPR course produces a top
  class, Patent agent.

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Unique proposition

• Knowledge compiled from hands-on experience
• Taught by experts with more than 25 years of
  industrial experience
• The faculty have industrial experience in
  international markets.
• Drafting , a difficult and section , being
  taught like no other course in India
• Course is at par with global standards
• The IP course by CREST is, One of a kind, in
  India

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Priceless

• The course offers Students of CREST a
• Rare,unique and Invaluable opportunity
• to master the art of drafting a patent
• Learning to draft
• Requires students to be thorough with the first
  module.
• Requires excellent communication skills
• A thorough understanding of Module-I
• Priceless Study.

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Who should enroll

• Anyone who wants to
• Move into the knowledge band wagon.
• Escape from the drudgery of the BPO industry
• Enjoy a work-life balance
• Fast forward personal growth
• Open more sectors for employment
• Innovate
• Be in demand and get paid more for their time.

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Opportunities In the new regime

• Patent Agents, the most happening people.

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Requirements

• The new regime needs specialists who can
• Examine
• Understand
• Research
• Draft
• File
• Manage
• Patents and patent related issues.

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Sectors

• Patents are a measure of the innovative Growth
  potential of a Nation.
• RD based sectors are most in need of patent
  agents
• Pharmaceutical
• Biotech
• IT
• Financial Institutions (that lend funds for
  research)
• Banks
• Music and media industries.
• Indias patent growth is the third fastest in
  Asia (210 growth in 03).

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Patent or perish

• All Research Scholars need patent knowledge
• Obtain more funding at better valuations
• Obtain strategic partnerships with larger
  companies
• Obtain time for slow growth without danger of
  loosing idea
• Have a fallback strategy of licensing and/or
  selling the patent(s)
• Have a better positioning for an IPO
• Every Indian innovator needs IPR

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IPR INFRASTRUCTURE

• Patent offices need experts to enforce regime
• Four Zonal Patent offices have been set-up in the
  major cities. Over Rs. 75 crores have been
  invested by India.
• Currently there are more than 7000 patents in the
  mail box that await attention
• Have a backlog of 40,000 patents to be examined
• 10 Lakh applications are expected in the next
  five years.
• There is a rapidly growing need for examiners.

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Public sector Jobs

• Public sector labs undertakings
• CSIR has filed 2000 patents
• Agri research labs
• Medical research labs
• 200 universities where research is done
• Premier institutions like the IITs,IISC etc.
• A patent cell is being instituted everywhere
  research is done.

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IPR-Pharma Industry

• The Indian pharma industry spurred IPR
• As
• Patent Infringement losses, USD 1 billion/annum
  and therefore forced the IP regime into India.
• In Response to the IP Regime patent applications
  forIndian pharma industry have filed
• 1,312 patent applications for pharmaceutical
  products, becoming second to the US in the
  sector.
• The race begins

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Jobs in Life Sciences

• The Life Sciences sector attracts the maximum
  patent battles world over.
• In India
• 80 of the patent applications in India are from
  the pharma sector.
• Nearly 300 pharma companies have an RD section
  and almost 250 Biotech companies have in-house
  RD
• RD spending from less than 1.0bn/yr to reach
  6bn in 2010.(Mckinsey)
• RD spend increased by 30-neeed to patent
  inventions.

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Patent IT

• Indian Engineers have contributed towards filing
  of gt1000 patents for US Companies.
• Thousands are employed as Research engineers.
• More than 2000 patents have been filed in the
  year 2004
• Texas instruments has 225 patents
• 1/3rd of Intels RD team is in India
• Phillips has filed 1200 Invention Disclosures(ID)
  from Indian centre
• INTEL-125 patent disclosures
• Patent agents are the life-line for IT research
  in India.

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Legal Outsourcing

• Legal jobs moving offshore would increase from
  6,000 in 2003 to 79,000 by 2015
• US charges of 10,000 to 12,000 vrs Indian
  charges of 6,000 per application
• A minimum extra revenue of USD 50,000-60,000
• Patent applications in the US - 120,000 per annum
  and growing.
• The volumes are huge. KPO in legal outsourcing is
  here to stay.

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Out sourced jobs

• Some popular outsource requests
• Legal research and brief writing
• Patent proof reading
• Prior arts and paralegal search
• Briefs
• Research memos
• Document review
• Legal research
• Forrester Research Inc., Mass.-based market
  research firm, predicts that more than 489,000
  U.S. lawyer jobs, will shift abroad by 2015.
• India can be the major beneficiary.

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For the free-spirited

• Start an independent patent advise firm
• Free-lance legal research
• Participate in legal battles
• Patent law firms
• As part of a consultants team
• Drafting agent
• And many more interesting options

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A career as a Patent Agent

• A patent agent
• A virgin ground to prove mettle
• Growth can be governed by the individual
• Interesting
• Lucrative (A freshers initial pay pack can be
  Rs. 3 Lakhs per annum)
• Work in multiple sectors
• Own your own ideas for life.

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The most happening career in the job market
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We will assist you

• CREST offers placement assistance through,
  Mind-quest Management Consultants, Chennai.
• Your resumes will be forwarded to prime movers in
  the market .
• Passing the bar exam would help better
  positioning for the candidate
• CRESTs exam is valuable and passing our exam
  would be favourable in the job market.
• All you need is ATTITUDE for 100

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One reason why you will
There are many reasons why you should become a
patent agent
The pay scales
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