Fundamentals of Intellectual Property Law - I (Theory)

Paper Code: 
25IPR131
Credits: 
04
Contact Hours: 
60
Unit I: 
Introduction to IPR

Concept of Property and Intellectual Property; Rationale behind IP System; Category, Types and introduction of IPR; Indian IPR system

Unit II: 
Patent & Trade secret

Invention or confidential information and its protection; The Patent Act and its amendments; subject matter of patent protection; Patentability criteria; inventions which are not patentable; Prior-art search, Patent Databases; patent specification, Procedure for Filing of Patent Application

Unit III: 
Copyright & Related Rights

Meaning of copyright; copyright law; Works in which Copyrights subsist; Rights conferred by Copyright; Infringement of Copyrights & remedies

Unit IV: 
Industrial Design

Meaning of Industrial Design; Industrial Design law; Requirements for protection; Procedure for obtaining the Protection, tenure of the protection

Unit V: 
Traditional knowledge

Meaning of Traditional Knowledge, bio-diversity and bio-prospecting; bio-piracy, TKDL

 

 

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