Trademark, Design and Geographical Indication

Unit I

Introduction ·  Introduction & Concepts ·  Introduction and Definition of trademark ·  Evolution of Trademark ·  Madrid Convention ·  Different kinds of trademark ·  Essentials of good trademark ·  Selection of a mark ·  Distinction between trademark and service mark.

• Introduction to Trademarks and their Evolution in India
• Need for protection of Trademarks
• Kinds of Trademarks: Registered and Unregistered, Conventional and Non-conventional

Unit II

Registration, Assignments and Remedies · Registration · *Criteria for Registration of trademarks · *Trademark Registration process · *Well-Known trademarks · *Statutory authorities · *Search at trademark office · *Domain name registration, organisation and procedure · *Rights conferred by trademark registration. · Assignment: ·  Licensing and assignment ·  Transfer of trademark rights. · Infringement and Remedies · Trademark infringement · Mode of Infringement · Enforcement and Remedies · Law of passing off · Distinction between infringement and passing off · Deceptive Similarity in trademark · Landmark Case Studies. · Group B · Industrial Design

• Absolute grounds
• Relative grounds
• Opposition to Registration
• Rights of Proprietor of Trademark
• Assignment and Licensing of Trademark
• Infringement and Passing Off
• Remedies and Defences for Infringement and Passing Off

Unit III

 Introduction ·  Introduction and Concepts ·  Introduction and Definition of industrial design ·  Requirements of industrial design ·  Article not registrable under industrial designs ·  Novelty & Originality in designs ·  International perspective of Industrial Designs

Unit IV

Registration, Assignment and Remedies · Registration ·  Essentials and importance of design registration ·  Process of registration of industrial design in India and examples of industrial designs  Benefits of industrial design registration Assignment Transfer of Design Renew of Design Duration of Design Infringement and Remedies Design infringement Remedies against design infringement in India Industrial designs vs. Trademarks Industrial Designs vs Patents Landmark Case studies. · Group C · Geographical Indication

Unit V

Introduction, Registration & Remedies · Introduction · Introduction and Evolution of Geographical Indication of Goods in India Geographical Indications Treaties and Conventions Difference between a Geographical Indication and a Trademark Appellations of Origin in geographical indications ’Generic’ Geographical Indications. · Registration: · Need of Registration of Geographical Indication · Procedure of Registration of Geographical Indication · Effect of Registration · Term of protection · Overlap between geographical indications and trademarks · How geographical indications help communities in socio- economic development. · Infringement and Remedies · Infringement of Geographical Indications · Remedies available against infringement of geographical indications · Landmark Geographical Indications examples and Case studies. · [Questions are to be given from all the above-mentioned groups of the syllabus according to the marks allotted in the respective groups] · Suggested References: · 1. J J Fawcett and Paul Torremans, Intellectual Property and Private International Law, Oxford Clarendon Press, 1998 · 2. L. Bently and B. Sherman, Intellectual Property Law, Oxford University Press, 2nd Edn, · 3. Niharika Sahoo Bhattacharya (Ed.), Geographical Indication Protection in India: The Evolving Paradigm, Springer, 1st Edn., 2022 · 4. P. Narayanan, Intellectual Property Law, Eastern Law House, 3rd Edn, 2018 · 5. P. Narayanan, Law of Copyright and Industrial Designs, Eastern Law House, 4th Edn., · 6. Pankaj Jain and Pandey Sangeet Rai, Copyright and Trademark Laws Relating to Computers, Eastern Book Company, 1st Edn., 2005 · 7. T. Ramappa, Lectures on Intellectual Property Rights, Asia Law House, 3rd Edn., 2018 · 8. Vandana Singh, The Law of Geographical Indications: Rising above the Horizon, Eastern Law House, 1st Edn, 2017