Recommended Textbooks and References:

ESSENTIAL READINGS: 

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

·         Ronald V.Betting, Copyright Culture, The Political Economy of Intellectual Property, 1996

·         Jan J.C.Kabel and Gerard J.H.M. Mom, Intellectual Property and Information Law, Kluwer Law International, London

·         W.R. Cornish, Intellectual Property, Sweet & Maxwell, London (2000)

·         Michael Blakeney, Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights: A concise guide to the TRIPS Agreement

·         Wadehra, David, Law Relating to Patents, Trademarks, Copyright, Designs and Geographical Indications.

·         Stephen M. Steward, International Copyright and Neighbouring Rights, London, 1983

·         Law of Copyright: From Gutenberg’s invention to internet, Delhi, 2001

·         Gopalkrishnan N S, &Agitha T G, Principles of Intellectual property. Lucknow: Eastern Book Company (2014)

·         M Sakthivel, Broadcasters Rights in the Digital Era – Copyright Concerns on Live Streaming, Martinus Nijhoff, 2020

·         Mark A Lemley, Peter S. Menell, Robert P Merges, and Pamela Samuelson, Software and Internet Law, Aspen Publishers, New York, (2006)

SUGGESTED READINGS:

·         R.S. Bhalla, The Institution of Property : Legally, Historically and Philosophically regarded, Eastern Book Co., (1984)

·         Penner, The Idea of Property in Law, Clarendon Press, Oxford (1997)

·         John Locke, Two Treatises on Government, Industrial Systems Research, (1970)

·         G.W.F. Hegel, The Pholosophy of Rights, Cosimo Inc., (2008)

·         Karl Marx – Private Property and Communism, Hackett Publishing C0., (1844); Wage,  Labour and Capital, Kessinger Publications, (1847); The Alienation of Labour,

·         (Nicholas Beams), University of Tasmania, (1844)

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

·         WIPO Patent Drafting Manual: https://www.wipo.int/edocs/pubdocs/en/wipo-pub-867-22-en-wipo-patent-drafting-manual.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