Within the context of a joint engagement with IPO Pakistan, HEC and World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Technology and Innovation Support Center (TISC) has been established at ORIC-CUI.

TISC is designed to provide innovators with access to locally based, high quality technology information services and other related services.

Followings are basic services offered by TISC:

• Management of the Intellectual Property Portfolio of the University
• Review and analyze invention disclosures
• Patent drafting, Patent filing, and Patent prosecution
• Trademarks filing, prosecution, and registration
• Copyright filing, prosecution, and registration
• Renewals
• License agreements
• Identify and establish collaborations and/or licensing agreements associated with the Institute’s intellectual property
• Enhance IP culture in the University
• Faculty and student awareness and training for IP
• Track the success of the University technology in the hands of licensees
• Oversee any litigation that may arise related to Institute’s IP
• Manage any infringement matters that may arise related to Institute’s IP
• Monetize royalty streams from licenses
• Access to online patent and non-patent (scientific and technical) resources
• Access to industrial property-related publications
• Assistance in searching and retrieving technology information
• Training in searching databases
• On-demand searches
• Basic information on industrial property laws
• Basic information on industrial property management and strategy
• Basic information on technology commercialization and marketing.

TISC Focal Person

Dr. Suhail Javed Choudhary
Manager (IP)
Technology & Innovation Support Centre (TISC)
Office of Research, Innovation and Commercialization (ORIC)
COMSATS University
Park Road, Chak Shahzad, Islamabad, Pakistan
Phone: +92 51 9049 6027
Email: suhail.javed@comsats.edu.pk