Rajiv Gandhi School of Intellectual Property Law

Rajiv Gandhi School of Intellectual Property Law (RGSOIPL) is a Law school based at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur. It was set up in collaboration with the George Washington University Law School, Washington DC and has the unique distinction of being the only law school within the IIT system . It is also the first law school in India imparting full-time Intellectual Property education along with other regular courses prescribed by the Bar Council of India.

Introduction

RGSOIPL is engaged in the teaching and research in various fields of law including Intellectual Property Law. The school is named after late Shri Rajiv Gandhi, former Prime Minister of India. RGSOIPL is logistically situated contiguous to the technology and invention laboratories of IIT Kharagpur and is in close proximity with the Headquarters of the Indian Patent Office at Kolkata.

Two batches of LLB students have graduated so far, the first in May 2009. In addition to that, two batches of the erstwhile PGDIPL programme have also graduated since 2006.

History

The school is the brainchild of Mr. Vinod Gupta, CEO of InfoUSA and Life Fellow of IIT Kharagpur, who proposed its setting-up on 28 March 2005 and also promised a grant of one million US dollars to that end. The Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India accepted the proposal and announced a matching grant to RGSOIPL. The school commenced its academic activities from July 20, 2006.<ref name=...
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