Kumar Vaibhav, Aranha Venetia, Bhanushali Nikhil, Jain Romi, Atre Swarali, Singh Shishir
Department of Public Health Dentistry, TPCT'S Terna Dental College, Navi Mumbai, India.
Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, TPCT'S Terna Dental College, Navi Mumbai, India.
J Med Life. 2021 Jan-Mar;14(1):93-99. doi: 10.25122/jml-2020-0103.
Intellectual property rights such as Copyright, Trademark, Patents and Trade secrets etc. help us to gain some protection against certain inventions by acknowledging the founder. In today's industry it is agreed that Intellectual Property Rights has a big role to play. This current study envisages the knowledge, attitude, practice regarding Intellectual Property Rights among dental task force attending private dental colleges.The survey was conducted among students of which were Interns, Post Graduates, faculty members and other dental surgeons attending private dental colleges in Navi Mumbai. The subjects of this study comprised of a total of 1020 students, faculty members and other dental surgeons from five different private dental institutes. The survey includes closed ended questions. Data analysis was performed using SPSS software version 17. Explaining calculations were used to summarize all the answers. A total of 889 students, faculty and other dental surgeons from private dental colleges responded. Results showed that about 83.5% believe the statement "Articles and other publications are protected by copyright." 66.6% of participants would select trademark in order to protect their clinic or organization name. About 38.7% were aware of the term Intellectual Property Rights. It also suggests that only 10.9% have attended any seminar/conference pertaining to IPR. The students and faculty members have an overall sense of eagerness to learn and gain more knowledge based on IPR. Thus conducting more workshops and seminars based on IPR should be encouraged.
版权、商标、专利和商业秘密等知识产权通过认可发明者，帮助我们对某些发明获得一定的保护。在当今行业中，人们一致认为知识产权发挥着重要作用。本项研究旨在了解就读于私立牙科学院的牙科工作者对知识产权的知识、态度和实践情况。该调查针对的是就读于孟买新市镇私立牙科学院的实习生、研究生、教职员工及其他牙科外科医生等学生群体。本研究的对象包括来自五所不同私立牙科机构的共计1020名学生、教职员工及其他牙科外科医生。该调查包含封闭式问题。使用SPSS 17版软件进行数据分析。运用解释性计算来汇总所有答案。来自私立牙科学院的889名学生、教职员工及其他牙科外科医生做出了回应。结果显示，约83.5%的人认同“文章及其他出版物受版权保护”这一说法。66.6%的参与者会选择商标来保护他们诊所或机构名称。约38.7% 的人知晓知识产权这一术语。这也表明只有10.9% 的人参加过任何与知识产权相关的研讨会/会议。学生和教职员工总体上渴望基于知识产权学习并获取更多知识。因此，应鼓励举办更多基于知识产权的工作坊和研讨会。
