GE2071 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS (IPR) Syllabus


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.
                                   

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