Aerospace Diary

Neelam Mathews March 25, 2013 IPR and TOT remain  fragile  and not fully- understood subjects in  aerospace offsets. A  Training and  Certification  Program  on Transfer of  Technology and  Intellectual  Property Rights  in Aviation and Aerospace Industry   on Monday, 22 nd  April, is being  held in New Delhi  to address i ssues plaguing  the industry. Ajay Batra, M anaging Partner and CEO of  World Intellectual Property Rights Bank  asked me  to share this with those interested. ( +919910863666 ).  The full day- workshop will cover the  interrelation of TOT portfolios and IPRs.  And, also why it  is it important to have a demonstrable IPR capability and maturity in  aerospace companies. A session on  Management of IPRs in  TOT programs  will include a b asic awareness program on IPRs in Aviation and Aerospace...

Neelam Mathews Aug 19, 2011 True Transfer of Technology will not take place in India unless the country adopts a code of practices to be followed by the industry, numerous OEMs told Aerospace Diary. Over $13.1billion (including the MMRCA) worth of technology transfers are expected to be implemented in an aggressive time frame of eight years. “We need to have an Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) directive and a code of best  practices that are followed  by the industry as there are no standards of IPR presently being followed. The government needs to take a lead on this by adopting it through a policy,” says an OEM. Unfortunately, the government continues to skirt the issue. Recently, a senior official openly admitted at a seminar that the subject was not yet easily understood nor being addressed seriously. Lessons could be learnt from the U.S wireless telecommunications research and development company, Qualcomm that transferred significant IPR to Quad Electronics for ...