India

Form of commercialisation

Requirements regarding form of contract

Limitations for HEIs

HEIs Unit responsible for commercialisation

Related law (name & link)

Licensing of IPR / Transfer of IPR

Written form (provisions of the contract not meeting the written form are invalid).

No

Generally through sponsored research and industrial consultancy sections (title may be different in different HEIs).

Copyright Act of 1957

Patents Act of 1970

Trade Marks Act of 1999

Creation of university spin-off companies

Written form (provisions of the contract not meeting the written form are invalid).

No share holding in company

Institute incubators

Companies Act of 1956