Mr. Keith Dickson from Brunel @ DoMS-NIT Trichy

Mr. Keith Dickson, distinguished professor from the University of Brunel, UK was in DoMS-NIT Trichy and delivered a lecture on Intellectual Property Rights. Mr. Dickson first introduced the gathering to the nuances of intellectual property, its necessities and imperativeness in the present world of technological advances and development in research. The session started with the basics of intellectual property rights and moved on to the intricacies involved in the process of patenting, copyrights and trademark and how it is used by small and medium enterprises in their day to day business.

He also explained the concept of secrecy during the process of innovation, product development and also in preserving the process of product formulation with the example of Coca Cola as they have been secretly preserving their formula for more than a century. The highlight of the session was when he explained the anomalies involved in the process of intellectual rights and how it can be manipulated by certain organizations with a pertinent example which the audience could very easily connect. The question answer session was equally enlightening and none from the audience was disappointed and Dickson made it a point to answer all the queries. The audience was spellbound by the oratory skill and the ease with which he made the topic “more than just interesting”.

Article By- Anshuman Dutta
First Year student