8th Semester Integrated BBA LL.B (Hons) - Intellectual Property Laws - Notes, Question Papers and Syllabus

Intellectual Property Laws

Unit I

Nature Of Intellectual Property – Concept Of Property – Concept Of Protection Of Main Forms Of Intellectual Property.

Unit II

Copyright – Meaning – Classes Of Works In Which Copyright Subsists – Ownership Of Copyright And Rights – Assignment Of Copyright – Period Of Copyright – Infringement – Fair Use – Remedies.

Unit III

Trade Marks – Functions – Registration – Grounds Of Refusal – Property Mark – Domain Name – Deceptive Similarity – Passing Off And Infringement – Standard Of Proof – Remedies.

Unit IV

Patents – Concept And Object – Patentable Inventions – Subject Matter Of Patents – Public Interest And Patents – Process Of Obtaining Patents – Grounds For Objection – Rights And Obligations Of Patentee – Infringement And Remedies – Abuse Of Patent Rights – Compulsory Licensing – International Patents.

Unit V

Protection Of Intellectual Property – Biotechnology Patents – Medicinal Patents – Exploitation Of Patents – International Institutional Mechanisms And WIPO – Indian Intellectual Property Policy.

Suggested Readings

  1. P. Narayanan – Intellectual Property Law

  2. P. Narayanan – Copyright And Industrial Designs

  3. P. Narayanan – Intellectual Property: Patents, Copyright, Trade Marks And Allied Rights

  4. W.R. Cornish – Cases And Materials On Intellectual Property

  5. Terrell On The Law Of Patents