INTELLECTUAL LTPC 4004

PROPERTY RIGHTS
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Course Prerequisites:
Objectives: To introduce the students to the various aspects of Intellectual Property and the
legislations that are tailored to offer protection to the different kinds of IP.
Expected Outcome: The students are expected to have knowledge about the International and
National measures in protecting and promoting Intellectual Property in juxtaposition with
protecting the public interests as well
Unit I Introduction Number of hours (per Unit) : 5
 Concept Of Property - Kinds of Property – Rights in Intangible Property –
 Features of Intellectual property – Justifications for Intellectual Property- Marxian,
Lockean, Incentive Theory
 International Regimes – TRIPS – National Treatment – Parallel Importation -
International Bodies – WIPO- WTO Dispute Settlement Body- National Legal regime-
Economical Importance Of IP
Unit II Law OF Patents Number of hours (per Unit) : 14
 Evolution - Nature of Patent – Indian Patents act, 1970 –
 International Measures- TRIPS Art 27- 30 -Paris Convention- Patent Cooperation
Treaty -Patentable Subject Matter – India, US, UK position – Patentability Criterion –
Novelty, Inventive Step – Industrial Applicability- Utility Patents- Standard Essential
Patents
 Procedure in acquisition of Patents – Priority Date- Patent Filing- Rights of patentee –
Compulsory License- Surrender and Revocation – Infringement of patents – Dcotrine
of Equivalents, Doctrine Of Pith and Marrow
 Pharmaceutical Patents- Product Patents- Ever greening- Access to Medicines –v-
Patents – Bolar Provisions –Patent Linkage-
 Biotechnology Patents- Patents on Life Forms – Ethical Issues- Patents on Micro-
organisms
Unit III Law of Copyright Number of hours (per Unit) : 12
 History of Copyright – Statute OF Anne
 Berne Convention –Universal Copyright Convention- WCT and WPPT- The
Copyright Act (1957)
 Nature of copyright works in which copyright subsists- - Orginality- Bundle of rights
– Ownership of Copyright - Author Fair Use –Assignment - Term of copyright -
 Powers and functions of the copyright board -Registration of copyright- compulsory
licences- licence to produce and publish translations- copyright societies -Rights of
broadcasting organisations and of performers
 Digital Rights Management- Digital Management Copyright Act , 1998- Sections 65A
and 65B of Copyright Amendment Act, 2012
 Infringement of Copyright - Copyrightability of Computer Programs- Open Source
Software
Unit IV Law Of Trademark Number of hours (per Unit) :10
 Trademarks- meaning and evolution- Functions and Kinds of Trademark-
 Madrid Agreeement – Madrid Protocol –Trademark Law Treaty-The Trade Marks Act
(1999)
  Distinctiveness- Well Known Trademarks- Colour Marks- Smell Marks- Sound
Marks
 Procedure For Registration – Graphical Representation- Honest And Concurrent use -
Absolute and relative grounds for refusal of registration -Deceptive similarity-
Substantial Similarity-
 Infringement action-Lay Observer Test- Passing off – Trademark Infringement in
CyberSpace- Domain Name Disputes- Remedies
Unit V Industrial Designs Number of hours (per Unit) : 5
 Designs- Novelty and Orginality- Must Match – Immaterial Appearances –
Functionality- Appeal To the Eye –
 Hague Agreement-The Designs Act, 2000-
 Registration of design - Copyright in registered designs-
 Piracy of registered designs- Fraudlent or Obvious Imitation in Design – Interface
between Trademarks and Designs
Unit VI Geographical Indications Number of hours (per Unit) :2
 Indication Of Source- Appellation Of Orgin- Benefits of G.I- Geographical Indications
Act ,1999 - conditions for registration – Ownership -prohibition of registration of
certain geographical indications-procedure for registration- Interface between
Trademarks and Geographical Indication- Infringement of G.I
Unit VII Traditional Knowledge Number of hours (per Unit) : 5
 Meaning Of traditional knowledge and traditional cultural expressions - folklore -
 difference – conceptual analysis – international and national perspectives-
 International development of traditional knowledge protection – Convention on
Biological Diversity- Benefit Sharing-International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources
– protection of folklore/cultural-expressions by UNESCO - Developments in WIPO
on traditional knowledge and -Traditional cultural expressions
 Protection in India - The Biological Diversity act- the Plant Varieties Protection and
Farmrs Rights-TKDL Databases –e ayurveda – biodiversity registers
Unit VIII Trade Secrets and Number of hours (per Unit) : 3
Semiconductor
Integrated Circuit
Designs
 Protection Of Confidential Information- Position In US, UK and India- Uniform
Trade Secrets Act – Scetion 27 Of Indian Contract Act, 1872, Springboard Doctrine
 Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Designs Act -2000- Layout Designs- IPIC
Treaty- Grounds for Refusal OF Registration
Unit IX Contemporary Number of hours (per Unit) : 5
Developments
 IP and Antitrust – Patents and Food Security- Patent Thickets and Tragedy
OfAntiCommons – Patentability OF Computer Related Inventions- Patentability Of
Nanotechnological Inventions
 WIPO Initiatives
Text Books
1. G.B Reddy, Intellectual property Law
2. Wadehra, Intellectual Property Law
3. V J Tarapoorvala, Law Of Intellectual property
4. David Bainbridge, Intellectual property
References
1. Terrel on Patents, Sweet & Maxwell
2. Kerly’s Law of Trademarks and Trade Names
3. ilke von Lewinski (ed.) Indigenous Heritage and Intellectual Property: Genetic
Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore
4. Latha R. Nair and Rajendra Kumar, Geographical Indications: A Search for Identity
5. Peter Drahos, A Philosophy of Intellectual Property
6. W. R. Cornish, Intellectual Property: Patents, Copyrights, Trademarks and Allied
Rights
7. BentlyLionel, Sherman Brad, Intellectual property Law, Oxford publication

Case Laws
1. Diamond –v- Chakraborthy 447 US 303, 1980
2. Harvard Onco Mouse case 1992 O.J EPO 588
3. HormonRelaxin 1995 O.J EPO 388
4. Bilski –v Kapoos545 F. 3d 943
5. Parker v. Flook, 437 U. S. 584, 590.
6. Diamond v. Diehr, 450 U. S. 175, 185 (1981)
7. Gottschalk v. Benson, 409 U. S. 63, 67 (1972)
8. University Of London Press –v- university Titorial Press 1916 2CH 601
9. Apple –v- Franklin 714 F.2d 1240 (3rd. Circuit 1983)
10. Anand –v- Deluxe Films Air 1978 SC 1613
11. GlaxoSmithKline –v Amigo Brushes P Ltd 2004 14ILD 357
12. N.R Dongre –v- Whirlpool Corporation 1996 (16)PTC 583
13. Novartis –v- Union Of India Civil Appeal Nos. 2706-2716 Of 2013
14. Hotchkiss –V- Greenwood (52 US 248 1850)
15. Mayo Collaborative Servs. v. Prometheus Labs., Inc.,132 S. Ct. 1289 (2012)
16. Windsurfing International Inc-v- Tabur Marine 1985 RPC 59 CA
17. Bayer –v- natcoOrder No. 45/2013 (Intellectual Property Appellate Board,
Chennai)
18. Bishwanath Prasad –v- Hindustan Metal Industries 2 SCC511 at p 521
19. Cadila Healthcare co—v- Cadila Pharmaceuticals Lt 2001 5 SCC 73
20. Playboy Enterprises Inc-v- Bharat Malik AIR 2001 NOC 51
21. Yahoo –v- AkashArora 1999 PTC 19 201
22. Rediff Communications –v- Cyberbooth AIR 2000 BOM. 27
23. S.Y Dyechem –v- Cadbury India Ltd 200 PTC 397 SC
24. Baldev Singh –v- Shriram Footwear 1997 PTC 17 268 Delhi
25. Bayer Corporation –v Cipla and Union OF India 2009 41 PTC 634(Del)
26. Roche products Inc –v- Bolar Pharmaceutical Company733 F.2d 858
27. Mr.Diljeet Titus, Advocate v. Mr. Alfred A. Adebare and Ors130 (2006) DLT 330

Mode of Evaluation Assignments/Presentations/CAT/Term-end