CE-604 (B) · Intellectual Property Rights/Official Syllabus
Intellectual Property Rights (CE-604 (B)) - Official Syllabus
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Unit 1
Introduction
- Introduction and Justifications of IPR, Nature of IP
- Major forms of IP- Copyright, Patent, Trade Marks Designs, Geographic indication, layout design of Semi conductors, Plant varieties
- Concept & Meaning of Intellectual Property
- Major international documents relating to the protection of IP - Berne Convention, Paris Convention, TRIPS
- The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
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Unit 2
Copyright
- Meaning and historical development of copyright
- Subject matter
- Ownership of copyright
- Term of copyright
- Rights of owner, Economic Rights, Moral Rights
- Assignment and licence of rights
- Infringement of copyright, Exceptions of infringement
- Remedies, Civil, Criminal, Administrative, Registration Procedure
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Unit 3
Patents
- Meaning and historical development
- Criteria for obtaining patents
- Non patentable inventions
- Procedure for registration
- Term of patent
- Rights of patentee
- Compulsory licence, Revocation
- Infringement of patents, Exceptions to infringement, Remedies
- Patent office and Appellate Board
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Unit 4
Trade Marks, Designs & GI
- Trade Marks: Functions of marks
- Procedure for registration
- Rights of holder, Assignment and licensing of marks
- Infringement, Trade Marks Registry and Appellate Board
- Designs: Meaning and evolution of design protection
- Registration, Term of protection, Rights of holder, unregistered designs
- Geographical Indication: Meaning and evolution of GI
- Difference between GI and Trade Marks, Registration, Rights, Authorised user
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Unit 5
Contemporary Issues & Enforcement of IPR
- IPR & sustainable development
- The Impact of Internet on IPR
- IPR Issues in biotechnology
- E-Commerce and IPR issues
- Licensing and enforcing IPR
- Case studies in IPR
Reference Books
- Intellectual Property Law — P. Narayanan — Eastern Law House
- Intellectual Property Rights — Neeraj Pandey, Khushdeep Dharni — PHI, 2014
- Principles of Intellectual Property — N.S Gopalakrishnan, T.G. Agitha — Eastern Book Co. Lucknow, 2009
- Enforcement of Intellectual Property — Anand Padmanabhan — Lexis Nexis Butterworths, Nagpur, 2012
- Managing Intellectual Property The Strategic Imperative — Vinod V. Sople — PHI
- Intellectual Property Rights — Prabuddha Ganguli — Mcgraw Hill Education, 2016
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