Trademarks, Geographical Indications and Domain names

Concept and principles, Kinds of Trademarks, Salient feature of Trade Marks Act, 1999, Unconventional Trademarks, Trade-dress protection, Right of goodwill, Distinction between a collective mark and a certification mark, Exclusive rights of a trademark owner, International Law and Policies related to Trademarks, Well-known marks and its protection under the Paris Convention and the TRIPS Agreement, Generic trademarks, Factors in Dilution of Trademark and Goodwill

Conditions for protection of a trademark, Classification of trademark, conducting search for an available trademark, Procedural requirements of Protection of Trademarks, Information required to file a Trade mark, preparing documents for filing an application for trademark, Trademark Registration Steps, Jurisdiction of Offices of the Trade Marks Registry, examination report, Absolute ground of refusal and relative ground for the refusal, responding office action, Oppositions

Deceptive dissimilarity, Infringement, Passing-off, Trans-border enforcement, Remedies for Trade Mark Infringement, litigation, Licenses and Assignment

Introduction of the concept Geographical Indications, International legislation on GI and India position, Salient features of the Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act 1999; GI Registration Process and Procedure for Filing GI, Distinction between Geographical Indication, Trade Mark, Collective Mark and Appellation of Origin, Infringement & Remedies of Geographical Indication, Impacts of GI registration in India: Case studies, GI oppositions and other litigations: Case studies (TEA BOARD INDIA V. ITC LIMITED; basmati case etc

Domain  names  ­  Subject  Matter  of  Protection  and  need  for  Protection, Requirements  for  protection,  cyber­squatting and other related matters