Exploring Awareness and Perception on Intellectual Property Rights among Research Scholars of Karnatak University, Dharwad

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Abstract

The study measures the knowledge of Intellectual Property Right (IPR) issues especially about copyright law and plagiarism among the research scholars of science discipline at Karnatak University. The researcher employed adopted survey method and used Cochran formula for selection of sample size. A well structured questionnaire prepared to collect primary data from the respondents. The survey results reveal that though the respondents said they are aware of copyright law and Plagiarism meanwhile the respondents having contradictory opinions about the IPR issues. Knowledge of respondents regarding IPR issues was not satisfactory and hence it is most important to focus on certain areas such as copyright laws, cyber laws, and plagiarism etc., where the concerned authorities must initiate measures to raise the level of the understanding on the IPR and associated issues and to protect them from legal consequences during their research period. The growing importance of Intellectual property rights and related issues in the university