Dear Sir/Madam, We are happy to announce that Origiin IP Academy, a subsidiary of Origiin IP Solutions LLP, Bangalore after successful completion of Patent Agent Examination Training for the year 2010-2011, now launches "Certificate course on Freedom-to-Operate (FTO) analysis". FTO, also known as "Clearance search" or "Right to Use searches" is a kind of patent search that is used to determine whether a particular action, such as testing or launch or commercialising of a product in a specify territory, can be done without infringing valid intellectual property rights of third party (ies) or not. Patent infringement is the commission of a prohibited act with respect to a patented http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invention invention without permission from the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patent patent holder. According to Anindya Sircar, Head of IP Cell at Infosys Technology, Bangalore, "IP risk assessment before product launch in a given territory is extremely critical for the business today and is an essential step to mitigate future infringement possibilities." Therefore risk assessment before launching a product or the process to make such product is extremely crucial for any business. The course has been specifically designed to the students, researchers who want to pursue career in the area of Intellectual Property Rights as well as the people already working in this area but want to further refine their skills. "Such a specialized IP Certificate Course will be highly beneficial to any student or a researcher who wants to pursue career in this area. In India specifically, such a course is really required says, Prof Rama Murthy, Professor & Head, Intellectual Property Cell at Centre for Emerging Technologies, Jain University, Bangalore and Scientific Advisor to Patent Office, Government of India Course: Certificate course on Freedom-to-Operate (FTO) analysis Mode of teaching: Online along with contact class and one project Contents: Basics of Prior Art Search and FTO, Case-studies, exercises, preparation of report Fee: 14,500 INR (Corporate discounts available on more than 5 registrations) Registration: Write to origiin.training@gmail.com, info@origiin.com Phone: 9845693459, 9880213204 Have a good day! Best regards, Bindu Sharma Origiin IP Solutions LLP [Intellectual Property Rights] Bangalore Phone: +919845693459, +918025830363 Website: www.origiin.com http://www.origiin.com/ Email: bindu@origiin.com, origiin2010@gmail.com Blog: http://origiin.blogspot.com http://origiin.blogspot.com/ , http://origiinipae.blogspot.com http://origiinipae.blogspot.com/ Linkedin Profile: http://in.linkedin.com/in/bindusharma -- Bindu Sharma Origiin IP Solutions LLP [Intellectual Property Rights] Bangalore Phone: +919845693459, +918025830363 Website: www.origiin.com http://www.origiin.com/ Email: bindu@origiin.com, origiin2010@gmail.com Blog: http://origiin.blogspot.com http://origiin.blogspot.com/ , http://origiinipae.blogspot.com http://origiinipae.blogspot.com/ Linkedin Profile: http://in.linkedin.com/in/bindusharma -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.