TRADE IN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Unit I

- Origin and Development of Intellectual Property · - Concept, Meaning and Scope of Intellectual Property · - Important Intellectual Property Laws in India and their control mechanism

• Concept and meaning of Intellectual Property
• Origin and development of Intellectual Property Rights

Unit II

- Introduction to the leading international instruments concerning Intellectual Property Rights: · Berne Convention, · Universal Copyright Convention, · Paris Convention · Trade Related Intellectual Property (TRIP) · World Intellectual Property Rights Organisation (WIPRO) · UNESCO · s

• Basic International Conventions and International Institutions relating to Intellectual Property
• Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, 1883
• The Berne Convention, 1886
• Trips Agreement, 1994
• WIPO

Unit III

- Introduction to the leading international instruments concerning Intellectual Property Rights: · Brussels- Burma Conventions- UPO, · Protocol 1991, · GATT Negotiations with special reference to (WTO), · Madrid Agreement on Trade Marks 1989 · Protocol - Hague Agreement on Design · India's position vis-à-vis international Conventions and Agreements.

• GATT and WTO

Unit IV

Indian Design Act, 2000 · - Nature and Meaning · - Scope of protection · - Procedure for protection · - Enforcement and Remedies