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Comparative Study on Intellectual Property Right Act Awareness Among the Rural and Urban College Teachers of West Bengal

Newtan Biswas

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Journal of Social Welfare and Management 14(1):p 9-14, January-April 2022. | DOI: https://doi.org/10.21088/jswm.0975.0231.14122.1

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Newtan Biswas/Comparative Study on Intellectual Property Right Act Awareness Among the Rural and Urban College Teachers of West Bengal/J Soc Welfare Manag. 2022;14(1):9–14.

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Received : March 21, 2022         Accepted : April 23, 2022          Published : April 30, 2022

Abstract

Intellectual property (IP) nurtures and encourages innovation and creativity, for this reason every individual must be aware about Intellectual property and Intellectual property Act. In any society innovation and creativity contributes towards cultural and economic development. We know that Intellectual Property (IP) refers to such property which has both moral and commercial value that comes out from the human intellect that may be a creation of human minds, inventions, copyrights on musical, literary, dramatic, artistic works and symbols, names, images used in commerce etc’. IP is important almost in every part of our modern life. Government of India is taking many initiatives to spread awareness about Intellectual Property Rights among the people. In academic world Intellectual Property Right is a very commonly used term now a day. It is expected that the academic world involved in teaching-learning and research should have awareness on Intellectual Property Rights. In this research article an attempt has been made to have a glimpse on the awareness level on Intellectual Property Rights among the rural and urban college teachers of West Bengal. For this survey based qualitative approach has been adopted.


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All authors contributed significantly to the work and approve its publication.

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We would like to express our gratitude to the patients, their families, and all those who have contributed to this study.

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Newtan Biswas/Comparative Study on Intellectual Property Right Act Awareness Among the Rural and Urban College Teachers of West Bengal/J Soc Welfare Manag. 2022;14(1):9–14.


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Received Accepted Published
March 21, 2022 April 23, 2022 April 30, 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21088/jswm.0975.0231.14122.1

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Nurtures and encouragesIntellectual PropertyGlimpse on the awarenessQualitative

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