Contemporary IP Issues

Paper Code: 
24IPR253
Credits: 
04
Contact Hours: 
60
Objective: 

This course will enable students to study various contemporary IP issues such as Biodiversity & Plant variety and learn Cyber squatting

 

Course Outcomes: 

Course

 Course Outcomes

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

Course Code

Course Title

24IPR253

Contemporary IP Issues

CO 35: Understand the basics PPVFRA and related issues

CO 36: Comprehend folk-lore and related issues through case studies

CO 37: Understand concept of domain name, cyber-squatting and related issues

CO 38: Evaluate Competition issue and unfair practices in IPR.

CO 39: Acquire knowledge of recent IP Issues CO40: Contribute effectively in course-specific interaction

Approach in teaching:

Interactive Lectures,

Demonstrations

 

Learning activities for the students: Discussion,

Tutorials,

Assignments

Reading journals

Class test, Semester end examinations, Quiz, Solving problems in tutorials, Assignments, Presentation, Individual and group projects

 

12.00
Unit I: 
Biodiversity & Plant variety

Genetic resources; National Biodiversity Authority (NBA) and the Act; PPVFRA and related issues

 

12.00
Unit II: 
Traditional knowledge and IPRs

Traditional knowledge; folk-lore and related issues; case studies

 

10.00
Unit III: 
Domain name and IPRs

Introduction of domain name; concept of cyber squatting and related issues

 

14.00
Unit IV: 
Competition issue and IPRs

Unfair trade practices; Competition Commission of India (CCI); Competition Policy and the Act; compulsory licenses; case studies

 

12.00
Unit V: 
Recent IP Issues

Utility models; software patents; IPRs and MSMEs; Policy updates and other related issues

 

 

ESSENTIAL READINGS: 

National IPR Policy, Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion, Ministry of Commerce, GoI

 

REFERENCES: 

SUGGESTED READINGS:

·         Copinger & Skone James on Copyright, Sweet & Maxwell, (latest edition) 8

·         Terrel on Patents, Sweet & Maxwell (latest edition)

·         Kerly’s Law of Trademarks and Trade Names, Sweet & Maxwell, (latest edition)

·         Silke von Lewinski (ed.) Indigenous Heritage and Intellectual Property: Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore, Kluwer International, (2008)

·         Latha R. Nair and Rajendra Kumar, Geographical Indications: A Search for Identity, Butterworths Wadhwa, (2005)

·         Anthony D. Amato – International Intellectual Property Law, Kluwer Law International

·         David I. Bainbridge – Intellectual Property Law, Pearson Education Ltd.

·         Cornish & Llewelyz-Intellectual Property, Thomson, Sweet & Maxwell

·         Catherine Colston- Principles of Intellectual Property Law, Cavendish Publication Ltd.

·         Frederick M. Abbot(Ed) - International Intellectual property in an Integrated World Economy, Wolters Kluwer

 

e-RESOURCES:

·         WIPO Magazine: https://www.wipo.int/wipo_magazine/en/

·         A Guide to Intellectual Property for Startups

 

Websites:

·         Office of the Controller General of Patents, Design & Trademarks; Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion; Ministry of Commerce & Industry; Government of India. http://www.ipindia.nic.in/

·         World Intellectual Property Organisation. http://www.wipo.int

·         World Trade Organisation. http://www.wto.org

·         International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants. http://www.upov.int

·         National Biodiversity Authority. http://www.nbaindia.org

 

JOURNALS:

·         Journal of IPR: http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/45

·         Washington International law journal https://digitalcommons.law.uw.edu/wilj/

 

Academic Year: 
2024-2025
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