Every year the Indian Patent office provides an opportunity for young lawyers and science and engineering students to intern at its offices located in Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, and RGNIIPM Nagpur. This is an amazing opportunity for the students looking forward to making a career in this field or the ones interested in exploring deeper into the area of Intellectual Property. It not only gives you a platform to learn and expand your ideas and thoughts; but it is also an opportunity to spread public awareness about the economic, social, and cultural benefits of IPR. The interns get a chance to interact with the top IPRlawyers in the country. But in case you are clueless on how to apply for this internship; the details mentioned below will be of immense help to you:
1. Eligibility for the program: The applicant should
be a citizen of India; and
is pursuing or has completed:
post-graduation/doctoral studies in science; or
graduation / post-graduation / doctoral studies in engineering or technology; or
graduation / post-graduation / doctoral studies in law, from any University, established under the law for the time being in force in the territory of India.
In the case of candidates pursuing graduation / post-graduation / doctoral studies, the internship should be a requirement specified under their course curriculum.
The graduation / post-graduation / doctoral studies shall be from a government-recognized institute.
The application for an internship shall be accompanied by a recommendation from the Head of the Institution.
2. Number of Interns to be taken for Internship: The number of interns to be taken every year by the office of CGPDTM will be decided by the office every year depending upon the requirement, infrastructure, and other facilities of the office.
3. Duration of the Internship: The duration of the internship at the Indian Patent Office shall be as per the requirement of the course curriculum.
4. Place of the Internship: The place of internship can be at the IP Office Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, and RGNIIPM Nagpur.
5. Honorarium or stipend: No honorarium of any sort shall be paid to the intern.
6. Application procedure: Applicants need to submit their CV and a cover letter containing a brief synopsis of the proposed topic of study during the internship to cgoffice-mh@nic.in. Internships shall be filled by way of a selection process as adopted by the office of CGPDTM wherein the selected interns will have to provide a certified copy of their certificates.
7. Intellectual Property Rights: All intellectual property rights relating to any protectable subject matter created by the intern under the course of the internship shall belong to the Office of CGPDTM. However due acknowledgment will be given to the interns in the certificate.
8. Leave: A leave of three days per month, excluding medical leave, will be provided to the intern.
9. Outcome of the internship: Interns will be given assignments on emerging issues in patents and will be required to submit a research paper at the end of the internship program.
10. Certificate: Upon successful completion of the internship, a certificate shall be issued by the Head of the Office of Interning.
