Objectives of Centre for Intellectual Property Rights,Annauniversity Chenni :

• To promote Intellectual Property awareness among students, faculties through streamlined awareness campaigns.
• To organize short-term Intellectual Property modules, seminars, workshops and conferences.
• To conserve million worth Intellectual creations generated by Engineering students and Research scholars through streamlined approach in Patent Filing
• To assist Academicians, Researchers, Students and Entrepreneurs to register their Patents and Trademarks in an effective manner
• To develop a symbiotic technology transfer mechanism between Technology providers and its end users.
• To develop a methodology to monitor the present level of technology and its future development.
  

Centre for Intellectual Property Rights, (CIPR) Anna University Chennai, was working as a project centre for providing E and IT Patent Visualization and Alert services. The project was granted by Ministry of Communication and Information Technology-Government of India, New Delhi.

As part of the project, the Centre for Intellectual Property Rights has delivered the following:

• A glimpse of Indian E& IT Patents (Volume I and II) – The above volume contains details about granted Electronics and Information Technology patents (2000-2007)
• Technology Alert Patent System Reports gives detail about the current technologies in E & IT.
• Students Seminars conducted in various affiliated Engineering colleges.
• International / National Seminar which was conducted recently dealt about the International patenting systems
• Small and Medium scale Entrepreneurs Seminars
• Technology Of Transfer details about various patented invention transfer
• Patent Filing
• Analysis Report
• Intellectual Property Rights policy for Anna University Chennai, framed and approved by Syndicate of Anna University Chennai

Forthcoming Activities of CIPR:
As a part of the project the Centre for Intellectual Property Rights intends to conduct the following activities

• A glimpse of Indian E & IT Patents Volume III and IV
• Technology of Transfer details about various patented inventions.
• Patent Filing.
• Create a database of Student’s final year project works.
• Annual analysis report
• To create database of patents filed by Indian Universities.
• To conduct seminars for students and researchers.
• IP audit Report
• To conduct International/National seminar for Small and Medium scale Entrepreneurs