Law Generic Elective (Open Elective) Course:

LGE 0509 Intellectual Property Rights:

This course is designed with the objective to acquaint the students with the basic understanding
of intellectual properties and the laws created for their protection. It will also discuss the impact
of international instruments on intellectual properties on our domestic laws and aims at
sensitizing the students about the current legal issues in the field of intellectual property at
national level.

Module 01: Understanding Intellectual Property

1. Meaning and Theories for Justification of Intellectual Property

2. History and Origins of Intellectual Property
3. Internationalization of IP Protection: Paris Convention for Protection of Industrial Property,
Berne Convention for Protection of Literary and Artistic Works, and the TRIPS Agreement

4. International Agencies for Coordination of IP Protection: WIPO and WTO

Module 02: Copyright and Neighbouring Rights

1. Understanding Copyright: Meaning of Originality, and the Idea Expression Dichotomy

2. Understanding Neighbouring Rights: Performers’ Rights and Broadcasting Organizations’
rights under the Rome Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms
and Broadcasting Organisations (1961) and the WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty

3. Copyright and Neighbouring Rights under the TRIPS Agreement: Article 9 - 14

4. The Indian Copyright Act, 1957: Definitions, Subject matter of Copyright, Authorship and
Ownership of Copyright. Registration of Copyright, Term of Copyright, Assignment,
Transmission, Licenses (Compulsory, Statutory, and Voluntary)
5. Copyright Societies and Recognition of International Copyright under the Indian Copyright
Act
6. Economic and Moral Rights Conferred by Copyright, Exceptions to Copyright Protection

7. Direct and Indirect Infringement of Copyright, Technological Protection Measures and

Digital Rights Management, Plagiarism vs Copyright infringement, Remedies against
Infringement
8. Rights of Performers, Phonograms & Broadcasts, Moral Rights of Author

Module 03: Patents

1. Understanding Patents: Meaning and Eligibility Criteria (Patentable and Non-Patentable

Inventions)

2. TRIPS Agreement on Patents: Article 27 - 34,

3. Convention Application, PCT International Application, and Budapest Treaty
4. The Patents Act, 1970: Procedure for Grant of a Patent, Pre and Post grant opposition, term
of patent, Patent of Addition
5. Rights and Obligation of Patentee, Revocation and surrender of Patent.
6. Assignments and Licensing of Patents including Compulsory Licenses, Governmental Use
of Patents

7. Infringement of Patent & Remedies

8. Controller of Patents, Patent Agents

Module 04: Trademarks

1. Understanding Trademark: Meaning and Eligibility Criteria

2. TRIPS Agreement on Trademark: Article 15 - 21
3. Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Trademark and Nice
Classification

4. Trademarks Act 1999: Absolute and Relative Grounds of Refusal, Procedure of Registration,
Duration, Renewal, Removal & Restoration of Trademark

5. Non-conventional trademarks, Protection of Domain Names

6. Effect of Registration, Infringement & Passing-off, Exceptions and Remedies
7. Parallel Importation
8. Licenses, Assignment and Transmission

Module 05: Industrial Designs

1. Understanding Industrial Designs: Meaning and Eligibility Criteria

2. TRIPS Agreement on Industrial Designs: Articles 25 and 26
3. Hague Agreement Concerning International Registration of Industrial Designs

4. The Designs Act 2000: Registration of Designs, Procedure of Registration, Term of Designs
5. Restoration & Cancellation of Registered Registration

6. Rights of Design Holders, Piracy of Registered Designs & Remedies

Module 06: Geographical Indications

1. Understanding GI: Meaning, Definition, and Eligibility Criteria

2. TRIPS Agreement on GI: Article 22 - 24
3. Lisbon Agreement for the Protection of Appellations of Origin and their International
Registration 1958
4. Distinction between Geographical Indications and Trademarks

5. Registration of GI, Effect of Registration, Rights and Remedies

Module 07: Protection of other Types of Intellectual Property Rights

1. Layout Designs/Topographies Integrated Circuits

2. Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Rights
3. Protection of Confidential Information & Trade Secrets

4. Protection of Traditional Knowledge and Biodiversity

Suggested Readings:

1. Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (2nd Edition): A Commentary on the
TRIPS Agreement, Carlos Maria Correa, Oxford University Press, (2020).
2. Intellectual Property Rights in the WTO and Developing Countries, Jayashree Watal,
Kluwer Law International, (2002).
3. Overlapping Intellectual Property Rights, by Neil Wilkof, Shamnad Basheer, Oxford
University Press, (2013)
4. Diversity in Intellectual Property: Identities, Interests, and Intersections, Srividhya
Raghavan, Cambridge University Press, (2015)
5. Tamali Sen Gupta, Intellectual Property Law in India, Wolters Kluwer, Law & Business
(2011)
6. Brainbridge, Intellectual property. New Delhi: Pearson Education (Singapore) Pvt. Ltd.
7. Choudhary D. N., Evolution of patent Laws. New Delhi: Capital Law House.
8. William Cornish & David LLewelyn, Intellectual Property: Patents, Copyright, Trade
Marks, and Allied Rights. London: Sweet and Maxwell.
9. Epstein M A, Epstein on Intellectual property (Indian Reprint). New Delhi: Wolters Kluwer
Law and Business.
10. Intellectual Property, Elizabeth Verkey and Jithin Saji Isaac, Eastern Book Company,
2021.

11. Gopalkrishnan N S, & Agitha T G, Principles of Intellectual property. Luckhnow: Estern

Book Company.
12. Kankanala K C, Genetic Patent Law and Strategy. Noida, India: Manupatra Information
Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
13. Rama Sarma, Commentary on Intellectual property Laws, Vol.2. Nagpur: Lexis Nexis
Butterworths Wadhawa.
14. Prabuddha Ganguli, Gearing up for Patents - The Indian Scenario, The Universal Law
Publishing.
15. Parmeswaran Narayanan, Intellectual Property Law, Eastern Law House.
16. Intellectual Property Rights - A Textbook on IPR (Intellectual Property Rights), by Dr.
Rakesh Kumar Singh, Arunabha Banerjee, LexWorth (2022).
17. B L Wadehra, Law Relating to Intellectual Property: Patents, Trademarks, Designs and
Geological Indications, etc.
18. Robert Merges & John Duffy, Patent Law and Policy: Cases and Materials, 2017.
19. Feroz Ali Khader, The Law of Patents - With a special focus on Pharmaceuticals in India,
Lexis Nexis Butterworths Wadhwa, Nagpur.
20. Lionel Bentley & Brad Sherman, Intellectual Property Law, Oxford University Press.
21. Gregory Stobbs, Software Patents Worldwide, Wolters Kluwer.
22. Ahuja V K, Law Relating to Intellectual Property Rights (LexisNexis, New Delhi, 2017)
23. Reddy G B, Intellectual Property Rights and the Law (Gogia Law Agency, Hyderabad)
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Time:3 HoursJ
[Mt-v. Marks :80
Instructions to the candidates:
l) All questions are compulsory.
2) Figures to the right indicate full marks.

PART . A

Q1) Answer the fbllowing Quesrions in clerail (Any 'l'wo) t40J

a) What do you lRean by intellectual property'7 Discuss the neecl and
importance of Intellectual property in conternporary worlcl.
b) Elaborate the inter-relationship between Intellectual Property Rights
and Human rights. Also explain impact of lntellectual property o1
Public Health.
c) Trace the development of larv relating to Industrial designs frorn Paris
Convention to TRIPS
d) Detine trademark. Discuss the important plovisions of TRIpS
agreement relating to protection of trademark.

PART . B

Q2) Answer the fbllowing questions (Any Two) t30l

a) Discuss liow the rights of Indigenous people are protectecl through
IPR. Support your oDrSWer with appropriate illustrations.
b) Define Copyright and Neighbouring rights. Discuss protecrion ol
computer programmes and sclftware in lnternational instruments.
c) Define Geographical lndications. Discuss the protections ol'
geographical Indications under'llRIpS.
d) What is infringement of patent? Discuss various defences ancl rernedies
for infringement of patent.
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Q3) Write Short Notes on the follciwiug (Any Two) :

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a) Social Contract theory.
b) Rights of parent holcler under IpR.
c) Nationai treatment
d) Patent misuse.

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a) . Trace the origin and llectual property rights and

explain the concePt th al rights'

b) i?risht under the International Law

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b) What do you mean by infringement of'Pateni?'ExpJlrin the various

femedies available for infringement of Patenfi'''

c) Explain the term Geographical indications; Trac6 their development

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d) Discuss the interrelationship between'"Iutellectual properly annd
rights in light of various Intemational instm$e s'

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d) Protection of Integrated Circuits'

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Ql) Answerthe follorving Questions in detail (Any Tko)
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i\r a) Define Intellectual Property? Discuss in detail the varioui kincls of
intellectual properties. Explain the need for Protection of lnrcllectual
Properfy Rights. Support your answer with suitable exarnples.
b) Det'ine the terms Copyright and Secondarl Rights? Discuss in clc'tail the
historical development of Intemational Law of Copyright and Neighboring
Rights Conventions.
c) Define 'Indnstrial Designs'? Describe the protections ar,varcled to
Industrial Designs fiom paris Convention to TRIpS.
d) Attemptthe following:
,) Origin and Development of Trademarks
ii) Remedies for Infringement of IpR

PART. B
Q2) Answer the fo[owing Questions (Any Two) [30]
a) Define and explain 'Geographical Indication'. Discuss the protections
available to'Geographical lndications' undervarious intornational
conventions.
b) Explain the Meaning, definition and Scope of patent Law. What are the
defenses and remedies available for infringement of patent?

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a) Natural Rights
b) Theory
c)
d)