INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS LITIGATION

Paper - IV : INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS LITIGATION

Reflections, Judgments, and Legal Insights

Unit - I:

1. Introductory: The meaning of intellectual Property.
The main forms of intellectual property: copy rights, marks, patents, designs.
The competing rationales for protection of rights in Copyright Trade marks Patents designs Introduction to the leading international instruments concerning intellectual property rights:
the Berne convention,
Universal Copyright Convention,
the Paris Union,
the World Intellectual Property Rights Organization (WIPO) and the UNESCO;
TRIPS;
WIPO.
2. Meaning of Copyright Copyright in literacy
dramatic and musical works
Copyright in Musical and Works and cinematograph films
Ownership of Copyright
Assignment of Copyright
Author’s special rights
Infringement of copyright
Fair use Provisions
Remedies.

1. Intellectual Property in Trademarks: The rationale of protection of trade marks as (a) an aspect of commercial and (b) of consumer rights
definition
conception of Trade Marks
Registration
Distinction Between Trade Mark and Property Mark
Geographical Indicators.
2. The law of intellectual property: Patents: Conception of Patent.
Historical overview of the patent law in India
Patentable inventions with special reference to biotechnology products entailing creation of new forms of life
Process of obtaining a patent.
Various grounds for refusing patent grant.

1. P. Narayanan: Patent Law, Eastern Law House.

2. Roy Chowdhary, S. K. & Other, Law of Trademark, Copyrights, Patents and Designs.

3. Dr. G.B. Reddy, Intellectual Property Rights and the Law, Gogia Law Agency.

4. John Holyoak and Paul Torremans, Intellectual Property Law.

5. B.L. Wadhera, Intellectual Property Law, Universal Publishers.

6. W.R. Cornish, Intellectual Property Law, Universal Publishers.