Law of Trademarks and Design
University of Calcutta · LL.B. Semester 8
Unit 1 — Introduction Trademarks, Evolution of Trademark in India, Justification, International Treaties
Paris Convention, Madrid Agreement and Protocol, NICE Agreement, Trademark Law Treaty, Singapore Law Treaty, TRIPS, Kinds of Trademarks: Registered and Unregistered Trademarks, Conventional & Non-Conventional Trademarks, Service Mark, Collective Marks, Certification Marks, Well Known Trademarks
Unit 2 — Registration of Trademarks
Registration of Trademarks, Pre-requisites, Absolute and Relative Grounds for Refusal of Registration, Concept of Deceptive Similarity and its Applicability in Registration, Procedure for Registration, National and International Registration, Commercial Exploitation of Trademarks and IPAB
Unit 3 — Rights of Proprietor
Rights of Proprietor, Assignment, Licensing and Transmission of Trademark, IPAB, Penalties for infringement, Infringement and Passing off, Infringement, Goodwill and Passing off, Remedies, Trademark Issues in Cyberspace
Unit 4 — Industrial Designs
Industrial Designs, Introduction, Evolution, Justification, International Treaties, Paris Convention, Hague Agreement, Locarno Agreement, TRIPS, Industrial Design Act, 2000, Interface between Design, Copyrights, and Trademarks
Unit 5 — Semiconductor and Layout Designs, Introduction, Evolution, Justification, International Treaties
Washington Treaty, TRIPS, The Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout- Designs Act, 2000, Penalties for infringement · The above issues are to be studied with special reference to the Trade Marks Act 1999, Designs Act 2000, and relevant case laws on the subject.