Trade Mark and Design (Elective III, option B)

Unit 1 — International Law of Trade Marks

TRIPS Agreement of the WTO and Trade Marks · Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property 1967 · Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks 1979

• Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, 1883
• Trips Agreement, 1994
• WIPO

Unit 2 — National Law of Trade Marks

History and origin of Trade Marks · Object, Evolution and meaning of Trade Marks · Functioning of Trade Marks

• Introduction to Trademarks and their Evolution in India
• Need for protection of Trademarks

Unit 3 — The Trade Marks Act, 1999

Statutory definition · Trade Marks · Associated Trade Marks · Certification Trade Marks · Collective Marks · Well Known Trade Marks · Registration of Trade Marks · Condition for Registration · Procedure and Duration · Restoration of Registration · Powers and functions of Registrar · Effects of Registration · Assignment and Transmission · Use of Trade Marks and Register uses · Rectification and correction of the Register · Offences, Penalties and Procedure

• 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

Unit 4 — Law of Passing off

Classification of Formation of Passing off · Modern Classification of Passing off · Distinction between infringement and Passing off · Defences in Passing off actions · Relief available in Passing off actions

• Infringement and Passing Off
• Remedies and Defences for Infringement and Passing Off

Unit 5 — Industrial Designs

International Law of Industrial Designs · TRIPS Agreement of the WTO · Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Designs 1967 · Hague agreement of Industrial Deposit of Industrial Designs 1960 · Locarno Agreement Establishing an International Classification for Industrial Designs · 1968

Unit 6 — The Designs Act, 2000

Definition of Designs · Registration of Designs · Infringement of Copy right in a Design · Industrial Designs and International Exhibition · Powers and Duties of Controller · Evidence and Agency · Powers of Central Government