The department of Zoology, University of Jammu organized an invited talk on the topic “Intellectual Property Right and Ethics: What Researchers need to Know”. Prof Kalpana Pai, Former Head, Savitri Bai Phule University, Pune, was the resource person who delivered the talk through online platform. She gave an elaborated overview of various aspects of fundamentals of Intellectual Property Right and its types. Prof. Pai made the audience aware about the IP law in India and explained the types of patents and various bioethics issues through citing examples. The lecture was followed by the interactive session wherein the students and scholars got their doubts cleared from the resource person. Prof. Seema Langer HOD Zoology and Dean Life Sciences, JU expressed thanks to Prof. Pai for her insightful and elaborated talk on “Intellectual Property Right and Ethics”. The programme was attended by the teachers, students and research scholars of the department.