Intellectual Property (IP) has increasingly assumed a vital role with the rapid pace of scientific, technological, business and medical innovations witnessing in the entire world today. The present study was conducted to examine the perception and awareness on Copyright and Plagiarism issues among the LIS professionals working in selected Research and Development (R & D) organisations in Bengaluru city. This study was conducted through a self-administered survey. A questionnaire was designed using both open-ended as well as closed-ended questions and some questions are based on the five-point Likert scale. A total of 57 LIS professionals were personally met, discussed with them, and
responses are collected and recorded on various issued related to
copyright and plagiarism. The major findings of the study reveals that, all the respondents 100% (N=57) are having basic awareness and knowledge on various aspects of Intellectual Property  Rights(IPR). The large majority of the respondents are N=52 (91.2%) are helping their users in handling IPR issues in their respective R & D Organisations.
Keywords: IPR; Copyright; Plagiarism; LIS Professionals; R & D
Organizations.