Management aspects in IPRs

Paper Code: 
24IPR252
Credits: 
04
Contact Hours: 
60
Objective: 

This course will enable students to study various steps of IP life-cycle and learn concept of IP Audit and valuation

 

Course Outcomes: 

Course

 Course Outcomes

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

Course Code

Course Title

24IPR252

Management aspects in IPRs

CO 29: Understand the basics IP life cycle and commercialization

CO 30: Comprehend IP Audit & IP protection by registrations

 

CO 31: Understand the concept of IP valuation CO 32: Evaluate IP commercialization, technology transfer & licensing of IP.

CO 33: Acquire concept of sharing benefits of royalties

CO34: 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: 
IP life-cycle

Introduction of IP life-cycle; steps: Creation, protection, management, commercialization

 

12.00
Unit II: 
IP Audit

Introduction and understanding of IP Audit, significance of IP Audit, conducting of IP Audit, identification of IP, protecting the exiting IP by registrations, open access

 

 

12.00
Unit III: 
IP Valuation

Introduction and understanding of IP valuation; significance of IP valuation; various method of IP valuation such as cost approach, market approach, option approach, income approach etc;

 

12.00
Unit IV: 
IP Commercialization

Introduction of IP commercialization; IP exchange; technology transfer office (TTO); Licensing & technology transfer; overview of a license agreement; negotiating a license

 

 

12.00
Unit V: 
Sharing Benefits of Royalties

Concept of sharing benefits of royalties; public funded research and the sharing benefits of royalties; community sharing benefits of royalties (Kani tribe); benefits to member of Geographical Indication Associations

 

ESSENTIAL READINGS: 

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

 

REFERENCES: 

SUGGESTED READINGS:

·         G.W.Paton: A Text book of Jurisprudence, Clarendon Press, Oxford.

·         R.W.M. Dias, Jurisprudence, Aditya Books Private Ltd., New Delhi

·         W.Friedmann: Legal Theory, Columbia University Press, New York

·         Dennis Lloyd: Lloyd's Introduction to Jurisprudence, Sweet and Maxwell, London .

·         Julius Stone: The Province and Function of Law; Associated General Publications Pvt. Ltd. Sydney.

·         Howard Davies and David Holdcraft: Jurisprudence: Texts and Commentary; Butterworths, London, Dublin, Edinburgh .

·         S.N.Dhyani: Fundamentals of Jurisprudence: The lndian Approach, Central Law Agency, Allahabad .

·         Edgar Bodenheimer: Jurisprudence; The Philosophy and Method of the Law, Universal Book Traders, Delhi.

·         Rama Jois, Seeds of Modern Public Law in Ancient Jurisprudence, Eastern Book Company, Lucknow.

·         Rama Jois, Ancient Indian Law-Eternal Values in Manu Smriti, Universal Law Publishing Co., New Delhi.

 

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

·         IP and Economics: https://www.wipo.int/econ_stat/en/economics/

 

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

 

Academic Year: