Copyright Including Neighbouring Rights

Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Rohilkhand University · LL.B. Semester 6

Unit 1

Concept of Copyright a kind of Intellectual Property · Nature, Origin, and Development of Copyright

Unit 2

Role of International Institutions: International Conventions/ Treaties on Copyright · (a) Berne Convention · (b) Universal Copyright Convention, Rome Convention

Unit 3

World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and Copyright

Unit 4

Meaning of copyright · (a) Copyright in literary, dramatic, and musical works · (b) Copyright in sound records and cinematograph films · (c) Copyright in a computer program

Unit 5

Registration of Copyright and Term of Copyright · Ownership of copyright, Assignments and Licensing

Unit 6

Author's special rights · Neighboring Rights

Unit 7

Copyright Office and Copyright Board, Collective Administration of Copyright-Copyright Societies

Unit 8

Infringements and Remedies - Contractual, Civil, Criminal, and Administrative (Remedies, especially, the possibility of Anton pillar injunctive relief in India.)