This course will enable students to study international arrangements and learn Trademark, Geographical Indications and some other IPRs related contemporary issues
CO7: Understand various international arrangements in the field of IPR
CO8: Understand different types of intellectual property rights in general and protection of products derived from research or innovations
CO9: Understand broad outline of IPR regulations related to application particularly Trademarks, Geographical Indications and other IPRs
CO10: Understand National IPR Policy, SIPP, compulsory licensing, unfair competition in IPR
CO11: Understand international importance of IPR
CO12: Contribute effectively in course-specific interaction
Paris convention; Berne convention; WTO and TRIPS; World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO): Background and the history, Mission & Activities, Structure, Administration, WIPO administered Treaties, IP day
Meaning and function of Trademarks; need to protect trademark, Trademarks Law; term of protection, kind of mark that can be used as trademark; Generic trademarks; Conditions for protection of a trademark, Procedure for Registration of Trademarks; Information required to file a Trade mark; searching for trademark; Classification of trademark
Meaning of Geographical Indications, Salient features of the Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act 1999; GI Registration Process and Procedure for Filing GI, Impacts of GI registration in India;
Layout designs of ICs; new plant varieties and breeders rights; utility model; Domain names and cyber squatting
Unfair Competition; compulsory licensing; National IP Policy, Scheme for Facilitating Startups Intellectual Property (SIPP)
National IPR Policy, Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion, Ministry of Commerce, GoI
SUGGESTED READINGS:
· Ganguli, P. (2001). Intellectual Property Rights: Unleashing the Knowledge Economy. New Delhi: Tata McGraw-Hill Pub.
· Complete Reference to Intellectual Property Rights Laws. (2007). Snow White Publication Oct. 4. Kuhse, H. (2010). Bioethics: an Anthology. Malden, MA: Blackwell.
· Prateek Kasliwal, (2009), Intellectual Property Rights, College Book Centre, 1st edition.
· P Narayanan, (2001), Intellectual Property Law, Eastern Law House [2], 3rd edition.
· Latha R Nair & Rajendra Kumar, (2005), Geographical Indications: A Search for Identity [3], Lexis Nexis Publication, 1st edition.
· Lionel Bently [4] and Brad Sherman [5], (2004) Lionel Bently (Author) , Intellectual property law, Oxford Publication.
· Kailasam and Vedaraman, (2009), Law of Trade Marks and Geographical Indications [6], Lexis Nexis Publication, 2nd edition.
e-RESOURCES:
· WIPO Magazine: https://www.wipo.int/wipo_magazine/en/ [7]
· A Guide to Intellectual Property for Startups: https://www.wipo.int/publications/en/details.jsp?id=4545&plang=EN [8] https://www.wipo.int/edocs/pubdocs/en/wipo_pub_961.pdf [9]
· Guides: Intellectual Property for Business: https://www.wipo.int/publications/en/series/index.jsp?id=181 [10]
· Identifying Inventions in the Public Domain [11] (A Guide for Inventors and Entrepreneurs): https://www.wipo.int/edocs/pubdocs/en/wipo_pub_1062.pdf [12]
· 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 [13]
· WIPO knowledge repository: https://tind.wipo.int/?ln=en [14]
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/ [16]
· World Intellectual Property Organisation. http://www.wipo.int [17]
· World Trade Organisation. http://www.wto.org [18]
· International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants. http://www.upov.int [19]
· National Biodiversity Authority. http://www.nbaindia.org [20]
JOURNALS:
· Journal of IPR: http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/45 [21]
Links:
[1] https://www.biotech.iisuniv.ac.in/courses/subjects/fundamentals-intellectual-property-law-ii-3
[2] http://www.infibeam.com/Books/eastern-law-house-publisher/
[3] http://www.lexisnexis.in/geographical-indications-search-for-identity.htm
[4] http://www.amazon.co.uk/Lionel-Bently/e/B001H6KOJI/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1/275-7576075-5236921
[5] http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=ntt_athr_dp_sr_2/275-7576075-5236921?_encoding=UTF8&search-alias=books-uk&field-author=Brad%20Sherman
[6] http://www.lexisnexis.in/kailasam-and-vedaraman-law-of-trade-marks-and-geographical-indications.htm
[7] https://www.wipo.int/wipo_magazine/en/
[8] https://www.wipo.int/publications/en/details.jsp?id=4545&plang=EN
[9] https://www.wipo.int/edocs/pubdocs/en/wipo_pub_961.pdf
[10] https://www.wipo.int/publications/en/series/index.jsp?id=181
[11] https://www.wipo.int/publications/en/details.jsp?id=4501&plang=EN
[12] https://www.wipo.int/edocs/pubdocs/en/wipo_pub_1062.pdf
[13] https://www.wipo.int/edocs/pubdocs/en/wipo_pub_917_1.pdf
[14] https://tind.wipo.int/?ln=en
[15] https://www.wipo.int/econ_stat/en/economics/
[16] http://www.ipindia.nic.in/
[17] http://www.wipo.int/
[18] http://www.wto.org/
[19] http://www.upov.int/
[20] http://www.nbaindia.org/
[21] http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/45
[22] https://www.biotech.iisuniv.ac.in/academic-year/2024-2025