Intellectual Property Law
Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University · LL.B. Semester 6
Unit 1 — Introductory
forms of intellectual property · rationales · international instruments: Berne, UCC, Paris Union, TRIPS, WIPO
- Concept and meaning of Intellectual Property
- Nature and characteristics of Intellectual Property Rights
- Origin and development of Intellectual Property Rights
- Kinds of Intellectual Property
- 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
- GATT and WTO
- WIPO
Unit 2 — Select aspects of law of copyright in India
meaning · subject matter · ownership · assignment · author's special rights · infringement · fair use · piracy on internet · remedies
- Evolution of Copyright Law in India
- Nature and scope of Copyright
- Term of Copyright
- Works in which Copyright subsists: Literary Works, Dramatic Works, Musical Works
- Authorship and Ownership of Copyright
- Copyrights: Economic and Moral Rights
- Assignment and Licensing 4.9Fair Use Provisions
- Infringement of Copyrights and Remedies
Unit 3 — Intellectual property in trade marks
definition · registration · honest concurrent use · deceptive similarity · well-known marks · passing off and infringement · remedies
- Introduction to Trademarks and their Evolution in India
- Need for protection of Trademarks
- Kinds of Trademarks: Registered and Unregistered, Conventional and Non-conventional
- 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 4 — Law of intellectual property: patents
concept · patentable inventions · procedure: application, examination, opposition · grounds for opposition · rights and obligations of patentee · duration · compulsory licences · employee invention · infringement and remedies
- Evolution of Patent law in India
- Patentable and Non-Patentable inventions
- Prerequisites — Novelty, Inventive Step and Industrial Application
- Pre-Grant and Post Grant Opposition
- Grant/Sealing of Patents and Term of Patents
- Rights of Patentee
- Surrender and Revocation
- Assignment and Licensing
- Fair use 2.12Infringement, Remedies and Defences