• Qualcomm Announces L2Pro India IP e-Learning Platform to Educate Startups, SMEs on Intellectual Property
• L2Pro India IP e-learning Platform to increase intellectual property (IP) awareness and enable innovators to access tools to help bring innovations quickly to market
New Delhi, India, October 15, 2019 : Secretary Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Guruprasad Mohapatra launched the website and mobile application [Learn to Protect, Secure and Maximize Your Innovation] on Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) in New Delhi. The website and app has been developed by Cell for IPR Promotion and Management (CIPAM)-DPIIT in collaboration with Qualcomm and National Law University (NLU), Delhi.
Speaking on this occasion, Secretary DPIIT said, that it is an important project taken up by the Department as both the website and app will be very useful to the startup community which holds great promise for India and its economy. Startups are more tuned into investment and risk taking but lack legal knowledge and today when we are on the threshold of the fourth industrial revolution the interface between technology and law is growing and therefore it is very essential that a specialised website and app is available to help startups with the IP process, added Secretary DPIIT.
The modules of this e-learning platform [L2Pro India IP e-learning Platform and the L2Pro India Mobile App] will aid and enable youth, innovators, entrepreneurs and small and medium industries (SMEs) in understanding IPRs for their ownership and protection, integrate IP into business models and obtain value for their R&D efforts.
Alex Rogers, executive vice president and president, Qualcomm Technology Licensing said, Qualcomm invents the technologies that change the way people connect, compute, and communicate. We strongly believe in the importance of IP to foster innovation and entrepreneurship and enable technology ecosystems to thrive. The L2Pro India IP e-Learning Platform is a step forward in helping MSMEs and startups to protect their inventions and focus on bringing better products and services to the citizens of India.
We are grateful for the support of the Department of for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Government of India and National Law University Delhi in enabling implementation of this program. We look forward to meeting incredibly talented inventors and supporting their vision of making India a digitally empowered nation, he added.
“We take immense pleasure in collaborating with Qualcomm and CIPAM, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India to implement the L2Pro India IP e-Learning Platform. The objectives of this initiative resonate with our mission of imparting comprehensive knowledge that will help promote legal and ethical values. We look forward to working with Qualcomm and the Government of India in strengthening IP awareness in India,” said Prof. (Dr.) Ranbir Singh, founder Vice-Chancellor of National Law University, Delhi.
The L2Pro India IP e-Learning Platform will have 11 modules for three different levels:. basic, intermediate, and advanced. Each module comprises e-text for understanding concepts, short animated videos of the concepts, links to additional resources on the subject and quizzes for assessment and grading the learner’s knowledge and understanding of the subject. Learners can access the platform through desktops, mobile browsers and a mobile app, and will be provided with joint e-certificates by CIPAM, NLUD and Qualcomm on successful completion of the e-learning modules.
Previously, Qualcomm collaborated with DPIIT to develop an animation movie to train school students on the fundamentals of IP. This was launched by the Minister for Commerce and Industry on March 8th, 2019 and is now being widely used by CIPAM in their various training and outreach activities.
Qualcomm, through its Qualcomm Wireless Reach initiative, has previously implemented similar programs in Germany, the United Kingdom, Italy and France. The L2Pro India IP e-Learning Platform has benefitted greatly from the close collaboration with the respective IP organizations and public research institutions in these countries.
