Intellectual Property Law
Swami Ramanand Teerth Marathwada University · LL.B. Semester 1
Unit 1 — Introductory [20 units]
1. The meaning of Intellectual property. · 2. Competing rationales of the legal regimes for the protection of intellectual property · 3. The main forms of intellectual property: are Copyright Trademarks, Patents, and Designs · 4. Introduction to the leading international instruments concerning intellectual property rights; the Berne Convention, Universal Copyright Convention, the Paris Union; TRIPS; the World Intellectual Property Rights Organisation; (WIPO), and UNESCO.
- 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
- Trips Agreement, 1994
- WIPO
Unit 2 — Select aspects of the law of Copyright in India [20 units]
1. Historical evolution of the law. · 2. Meaning of copyright · 3. Copyright in literary, dramatic, and musical works · 4. Copyright in sound records and cinematograph films · 5. Copy right in computer programme · 6. Ownership of copyright · 7. Assignment of copyright · 8. Author's special rights · 9. The notion of infringement · 10. Infringement of copyright by films of literary and dramatic works. · 11. Importation and infringement · 12. Fair use provisions · 13. Piracy on the internet · 14. Aspects of copyright justice · 15. Remedies, especially, the possibility of Anton pillar injunctive relief in India.
- Evolution of Copyright Law in India
- Nature and scope 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
- Copyright issues in Digital Environment
Unit 3 — Intellectual Property in Trademarks [20 units]
1. The rationale for the protection of trademarks as (a) an aspect of commercial and (b) of consumer rights. · 2. Definition and concept of trademarks · 3. Registration · 4. The distinction between trademarks and property mark · 5. The doctrine of honest Current user · 6. The doctrine of deceptive similarity · 7. Protection of well-known marks · 8. Passing off and infringement · 9. Criteria of infringement · 10. Standards of proof in passing off action · 11. Remedies.
Unit 4 — The law of intellectual property: patents [24 units]
1. Concept of patent · 2. Historical views of the patent law in India. · 3. Patentable inventions with special reference to biotechnology products entailing the creation of new forms of life. · 4. Patent protection of computer programme. · 5. Process of obtaining a patent: Application, examination, opposition, and sealing of patents: a general introduction. · 6. Procedure for filling patents. Patent co-operation treaty · 7. Some grounds for opposition: (a) The problem of limited locus standi to oppose, especially in relation to inventions having the potential of ecological and mass disasters (b) Wrongfully obtaining the invention (c) Prior publication or anticipation (d) Obviousness and the lack of inventive step (e) Insufficient description · 8. Rights and obligations of a patentee: (a) Patents as chosen in action (b) Duration of patents: law and policy considerations (c) Use and exercise rights (d) Right to secrecy (e) The notion of "abuse" of patent rights (f) Compulsory licenses · 9. Special categories: (a) Employee Invention: Law and Policy Consideration (b) International Patents, Transfer of Technology, Know-How and problems of self-reliant development. · 10. Infringement: Criteria of Infringement, Onus of proof, modes of infringement: the Doctrine of Colourable Variation, Defenses in suits of infringement, Injunctions, and related 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