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Fundamentals of Intellectual Property Law - II
This paper will enable students to:
- Study International arrangements
- Study Trademark, Geographical Indications and some other IPRs
- Study IPR related contemporary issues
Paris convention; Berne convention; WTO and TRIPS; World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO): Background and the history, Mission & Activities, Structure, Administration, WIPO administered Treaties, IP day
Meaning and function of Trademarks; need to protect trademark, Trademarks Law; term of protection, kind of mark that can be used as trademark; Generic trademarks; Conditions for protection of a trademark, Procedure for Registration of Trademarks; Information required to file a Trade mark; searching for trademark; Classification of trademark
Meaning of Geographical Indications, Salient features of the Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act 1999; GI Registration Process and Procedure for Filing GI, Impacts of GI registration in India;
Layout designs of ICs; new plant varieties and breeders rights; utility model; Domain names and cyber squatting
Unfair Competition; compulsory licensing; National IP Policy, Scheme for Facilitating Startups Intellectual Property (SIPP)
Recommended study resources: books, web-links etc
·Prateek Kasliwal, (2009), Intellectual Property Rights, College Book Centre, 1st edition.
·VK Ahuja, (2009), Intellectual Property Rights in India, Lexis Nexis Publication, 1st edition (Vol.1 and 2).
P Narayanan, (2001), Intellectual Property Law, Eastern Law House, 3rd edition.
Lionel Bently and Brad Sherman, (2004) Lionel Bently (Author), Intellectual property law, Oxford Publication.
Feroz Ali Khader, (2007), The Law of Patents-With a Special Focus on Pharmaceuticals in India, Lexis Nexis Publication, 1st edition.
N R Subbaram, (2007), Patent Law Practices and Procedures, Lexis Nexis Publication, 2nd edition.
Manual for Patent practices (www.ipindia.nic.in)
www.wipo.int
