GE2071 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS (IPR)

GE2071 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS (IPR) L T P C

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UNIT I 9

Introduction – Invention and Creativity – Intellectual Property (IP) – Importance –

Protection of IPR – Basic types of property (i). Movable Property - Immovable Property

and - Intellectual Property.

UNIT II 9

IP – Patents – Copyrights and related rights – Trade Marks and rights arising from

Trademark registration – Definitions – Industrial Designs and Integrated circuits –

Protection of Geographical Indications at national and International levels – Application

Procedures..

UNIT III 9

International convention relating to Intellectual Property – Establishment of WIPO –

Mission and Activities – History – General Agreement on Trade and Tariff (GATT) –

TRIPS Agreement.

UNIT IV 9

Indian Position Vs WTO and Strategies – Indian IPR legislations – commitments to

WTO-Patent Ordinance and the Bill – Draft of a national Intellectual Property Policy –

Present against unfair competition.

UNIT V 9

Case Studies on – Patents (Basumati rice, turmeric, Neem, etc.) – Copyright and related

rights – Trade Marks – Industrial design and Integrated circuits – Geographic indications

– Protection against unfair competition.

TOTAL = 45 PERIODS

TEXT BOOKS:

1. Subbaram N.R. “Handbook of Indian Patent Law and Practice “, S. Viswanathan

Printers and Publishers Pvt. Ltd., 1998.

REFERENCES:

1. Eli Whitney, United States Patent Number: 72X, Cotton Gin, March 14, 1794.

2. Intellectual Property Today: Volume 8, No. 5, May 2001, [www.iptoday.com].

3. Using the Internet for non-patent prior art searches, Derwent IP Matters, July 2000.

www.ipmatters.net/features/000707_gibbs.html.