About NLUJAA
The National Law University and Judicial Academy, Assam (NLUJAA) has been established by the Government of Assam by way of enactment of the National Law School and Judicial Academy, Assam Act, 2009 (Assam Act No. XXV of 2009). The word ‘School’ was replaced by the word ‘University’ by amending the National Law School and Judicial Academy, Assam (Amendment) Act, 2012. The Hon’ble Chief Justice of Gauhati High Court is the Chancellor of the University. NLUJAA promotes and makes available modern legal education and research facilities to students and scholars drawn from across the country, including the North East, coming from different socio-economic, ethnic, religious and cultural backgrounds.
Centre for Research on Intellectual Property Rights Law
Intellectual creativity and innovation is a continuous process. The IP law is a global phenomenon in the twenty first century which gets enrichment from IP protection and recognition. The North East region of India is an unexplored virgin territory in terms of IP driven research and policy endeavours of the Government, private sectors, NGOs, think tanks etc. be it at the National or the International level. NLU, Assam which is the lone premier law school at the heart of the seven North Eastern States can become the focal centre for IP related activities. North East region is the hotspot of biological diversity and well known for its indigenous traditional knowledge.
The Centre for Advanced Research on Intellectual Property Laws is, hence, established with the objective of enhancing the intellectual property knowledge base and research capabilities of the country with specific focus on the North-Eastern states. The centre attempts to achieve this through a two pronged strategy. Firstly, to disseminate information on Intellectual property rights with a view to create awareness in the public of the vast potential of the region and the protection thereof. Secondly, to initiate research and tap into the unexplored and unidentified areas of craft, activity and culture requiring protection in the domain of traditional knowledge, geographical indication, designs, indigenous knowledge systems, publication, consultancy, IP value in agriculture-horticulture-animal-forest-environment sectors; heritage & wetlands, textile and handlooms, endangered bio species, endangered cultural IP studies etc..
DPIIT-IPR Chair
The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India, vide office order dated 16th of October 2018 has endowed the National Law University and Judicial Academy, Assam with an Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Chair, under the Scheme for Pedagogy & Research in IPRs for Holistic Education & Academia (SPRIHA), to benefit the people of the North-East Region of India in protecting their IPRs. The Chair since its inception in 2018 has concertedly focused its efforts towards conservation and dissemination of IP resources of the North-East Region and has been fervently engaged in capacity building of the creators/producers/owners towards safeguarding their IP rights at the grass-root and also viably commercialize their products, in order to strengthen the nation’s overall IP eco-system.