Copy Right, Patent, Trade Mark and Design Laws
University of Kota · LL.B. Semester 4 · Paper 17
Unit 1 — Historical Back Ground and Jurisprudence of Intellectual Property Right with International Perspective.
- Concept and meaning of Intellectual Property
- Origin and development of Intellectual Property Rights
- Economic analysis of Intellectual Property Rights
- 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 — Nature, need, scope and importance of Copy Right, Patent, Trade Mark and Design Laws.
Unit 3 — Meaning and definition of Copy Right, Patent, Trade Mark and Design Laws.
Unit 4 — Law and Practice of Copy Right, Patent, Trade Mark and Design Laws.
- Patentable and Non-Patentable inventions
- Prerequisites — Novelty, Inventive Step and Industrial Application
- Rights of Patentee
- Assignment and Licensing
- Kinds of Trademarks: Registered and Unregistered, Conventional and Non-conventional
- Rights of Proprietor of Trademark
- Assignment and Licensing of Trademark
- 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
Unit 5 — Application of Patent; Copy Right; Trade Mark and Design Laws.
- Pre-Grant and Post Grant Opposition
- Grant/Sealing of Patents and Term of Patents
- Fair use 2.12Infringement, Remedies and Defences
- Absolute grounds
- Relative grounds
- Opposition to Registration
- Infringement and Passing Off
- Remedies and Defences for Infringement and Passing Off
- Infringement of Copyrights and Remedies