Category Open Elective
Course Title Intellectual Property Rights
Scheme and Credits L T P No. of credits Semester - II
3 3 V
Course Objectives
1. To create awareness about IPR among students;
2. To imbibe the importance of IPR among students;
3. To make the students understand the international value of IPR;
4. To acquaint students with legislative provisions about IPR;
Course Outcomes
At the end of Course Students will be able.
CO1: Understand the concept of intellectual property rights.
CO2: Develops procedural knowledge of legal regimes and solve the problem relating to intellectual
property rights.
CO3: Acquire global knowledge about the concept of IP Law
CO4: Understand new developments in intellectual property rights
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Course Content
Unit Unit Title and Contents Hours
1. Introduction to Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) 9
· Meaning of property and its classification and its importance in
everyday life
· Introduction to the concept of intellectual property, its classification
and its value Copyright, Patent, Trademark etc.
· Trade, Globalization and IPR
· Overview of the TRIPS Agreement and its role in protecting intellectual
property globally
2. Copyright 9
· Introduction to copyright law and its scope
· Different classes of copyrights - Literary and artistic work, Computer
software, Cinematography films, Sound recording, Paintings and other
artistic work
· Protection of Copyright and Enforcement mechanism
3. Patents and Industrial Designs 10
· Basic understanding of patent law and its role in promoting innovation
· Patentability and Patent Prosecution
· Infringement of Patent, Remedies and Enforcement Mechanism
· Industrial Designs Protection, Remedies and its enforcement
4. Trademarks 10
· Introduction to trademarks and their significance
· Kinds of Trademark and its classes
· Trademark Prosecution
· Trademark - Protection, Remedies and its enforcement
5. Other Forms of IPR 7
· Geographical Indication
· Semiconductors chips and Integrated circuits
· Protection of Traditional Knowledge and Undisclosed Information
· Biodiversity
Textbooks/References
1. Copinger and Skone James on Copyright, Vol. 1, Sweet & Maxwell, 2010
2. Melville B. Nimmer and David Nimmer, Nimmer on Copyright Law
(LexisNexis, Indian reprint 2010
3. V K Ahuja, Law relating to Intellectual Property Rights (2nd ed. LexisNexis,
New Delhi, 2013)
Lexis Nexis.
5. Narayan. P; Intellectual Property law; Eastern law House
6. KC Kailasam & Ramu Vedaraman, 2005, Law of Trade marks &
Geographical Indications - Law, Practice & Procedure.
7. W.R. Cornish, Intellectual Property, Sweet & Maxwell, London (2000).
8. David Bainbridge, Intellectual Property (Pearson Education, Delhi, 2003).
9. N.S. Gopalakrishnan & T.G. Agitha, Principles of Intellectual Property
(2009), Eastern Book Company, Lucknow
10. The Access Regime: Patent Law Reforms for Affordable Medicines, Feroz
Ali Khader, Oxford University Press India, 2016.
[Link] Intellectual Property Rights, Neil Wilkof and Shamnad Basheer,
Oxford University Press India, 2012.
[Link] Searching: Tools & Techniques, David Hunt (Editor), Long Nguyen
(Editor), Matthew Rodgers (Editor), Landon, January 2007.