Title: IP management of an academic institute: a case study of an Institute of Eminence from India

Authors: Priyadarshini Singh; Gouri Gargate

Addresses: Deceased; formerly of: IIT Kharagpur, India ' IIT Kharagpur, Kharagpur, West Bengal 721302, India

Abstract: Intellectual property (IP) is one of the key assets and empowers an organisation. It helps the organisation to realise the value of an IP associated with it. Academic and research institutes have capability to generate various forms of IP. However, in developing countries, these academic and research institutes are not always well equipped to identify and efficiently manage IP. In India, Institutes of National Importance (INIs) including Institute of Eminence (IoE) have recognised the importance of IP and developed their intellectual property management system (IPMS). This paper focuses on IPMS of one of India's IoE. Authors have applied an 'IPM audit model' to understand various IPM processes followed by an IoE to channelise resources for generating revenue through IP. Case study methodology is employed for this study.

Keywords: innovation; intellectual property; technology transfer; incubators; start-ups; IP management; IP audit; India.

DOI: 10.1504/IJIPM.2025.150047

International Journal of Intellectual Property Management, 2025 Vol.15 No.5, pp.468 - 486

Received: 19 Apr 2021
Accepted: 23 Feb 2022
Published online: 28 Nov 2025 *

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