Intellectual Property Rights (optional)
SNDT Women's University · LL.B. Semester 6 · 6014
Unit I — Module I (2 credits): Meaning and International Regime
Meaning, nature and forms of intellectual property · International regime: Berne Convention, Universal Copyright Convention, Paris Convention
- Concept and meaning of Intellectual Property
- Nature and characteristics 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
Unit II — Module II (2 credits): Measures in India
Designs: nature, scope of protection, procedure, enforcement and remedies · Copyright Act, 1957 · Trade Marks Act, 1999 · Patents Act
- 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
- Infringement of Copyrights and Remedies
- Introduction to Trademarks and their Evolution in India
- 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
- 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