5th Semester LLB Unitary - Intellectual Property Laws - Notes, Question Papers and Syllabus
Intellectual Property Laws
The subject shall be taught by incorporating the recent developments.
Unit I
Concept of Property – Corporeal and Non-Corporeal Property – Tangible and Intangible Property – Meaning of Intellectual Property – Concept of Protection of Main Forms of Intellectual Property – International Convention – World Intellectual Property Rights Organisation.
Unit II
Copyrights (Indian Copyright Act, 1957): Introduction to Copyright Law - Brief Introduction to Related International Treaties and Conventions - Subject Matter of Copyright, Economic and Moral Rights - Authorship and Ownership, Term of Copyright and Assignment-Licensing - Infringement and Remedies - Exceptions: Fair Dealing - International Copyright Order - Issues in Digital Copyrights.
Unit III
Trademarks (The Trademarks Act, 1999) – Introduction to Trademark Law - Brief Introduction to Related International Treaties and Conventions - Definitions, Registration of Trademarks, Procedure, Grounds of Refusal and Well Known Trademarks - Passing Off, Infringement and Exceptions to Infringement Actions, Remedies - Assignment and Licensing - Intellectual Property Appellate Board - Conflicts of Trademarks with Domain Name - Unconventional Trademarks.
Unit IV
Patent (The Patents Act, 1970) - Introduction to Patent Law - Brief Introduction to Related International Treaties and Conventions - Definitions, Criteria for Patents, Patentable Inventions - Non-Patentable Inventions - Procedure for Filing Patent Application - Revocation of Patent, Licensing, Compulsory Licensing - Parallel Import - Rights of Patentee, Patent Infringement and Defences.
Unit V
Industrial Design (The Designs Act, 2000) - Introduction to Designs Law - Brief Introduction to Related International Treaties and Conventions - Definitions, Registration of Designs and Procedure - Cancellation of Registration of Design - Piracy of Registered Design and Remedies - Overlapping Between Designs Copyrights and Trademark – Geographical Indication – Traditional Knowledge and Trade Secret.
Suggested Readings:
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N.S. Gopalakrishnan & T.G. Ajitha - Principles of Intellectual Property
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B.L. Wadhera - Law Relating to Intellectual Property
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S. Narayan - Intellectual Property Law in India
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A. K. Bansal - Law of Trademark in India
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V.K. Ahuja - Law Relating to Intellectual Property Law
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Elizabeth Verkey - Law of Patents
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Jayashree Watal - Intellectual Property Rights in the WTO and Developing Countries
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P. Narayanan - Law of Trademarks (The Trademarks Act 1999) and Passing Off
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W.R. Cornish - Intellectual Property: Patents, Copyright, Trademark and Allied Rights
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C.S. Lal - Intellectual Property Handbook: Copyright, Designs, Patents and Trademarks