This course will enable students to study international arrangements and learn Trademark, Geographical Indications and some other IPRs related contemporary issues
CO7: Understand various international arrangements in the field of IPR
CO8: Understand different types of intellectual property rights in general and protection of products derived from research or innovations
CO9: Understand broad outline of IPR regulations related to application particularly Trademarks, Geographical Indications and other IPRs
CO10: Understand National IPR Policy, SIPP, compulsory licensing, unfair competition in IPR
CO11: Understand international importance of IPR
CO12: Contribute effectively in course-specific interaction
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)
National IPR Policy, Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion, Ministry of Commerce, GoI
SUGGESTED READINGS:
· Ganguli, P. (2001). Intellectual Property Rights: Unleashing the Knowledge Economy. New Delhi: Tata McGraw-Hill Pub.
· Complete Reference to Intellectual Property Rights Laws. (2007). Snow White Publication Oct. 4. Kuhse, H. (2010). Bioethics: an Anthology. Malden, MA: Blackwell.
· Prateek Kasliwal, (2009), Intellectual Property Rights, College Book Centre, 1st edition.
· P Narayanan, (2001), Intellectual Property Law, Eastern Law House, 3rd edition.
· Latha R Nair & Rajendra Kumar, (2005), Geographical Indications: A Search for Identity, Lexis Nexis Publication, 1st edition.
· Lionel Bently and Brad Sherman, (2004) Lionel Bently (Author) , Intellectual property law, Oxford Publication.
· Kailasam and Vedaraman, (2009), Law of Trade Marks and Geographical Indications, Lexis Nexis Publication, 2nd edition.
e-RESOURCES:
· WIPO Magazine: https://www.wipo.int/wipo_magazine/en/
· A Guide to Intellectual Property for Startups: https://www.wipo.int/publications/en/details.jsp?id=4545&plang=EN https://www.wipo.int/edocs/pubdocs/en/wipo_pub_961.pdf
· Guides: Intellectual Property for Business: https://www.wipo.int/publications/en/series/index.jsp?id=181
· Identifying Inventions in the Public Domain (A Guide for Inventors and Entrepreneurs): https://www.wipo.int/edocs/pubdocs/en/wipo_pub_1062.pdf
· Inventing the Future: An Introduction to Patents for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises: https://www.wipo.int/edocs/pubdocs/en/wipo_pub_917_1.pdf
· WIPO knowledge repository: https://tind.wipo.int/?ln=en
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