Contemporary IP Issues(Theory)

Paper Code: 
25IPR253
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

 

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

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Academic Year: 
2025-2026
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