SYLLABUS FOR

TRIPS AND IP REGIME IN INDIA

IInd Semester LLM, International Trade Law

UNIT I

Origin & Development of IPR- Historical Background-Jurisprudential basis for the protection
of IP- Technological Development of IPRs- International regime of Intellectual Property
Rights - Background - Pre WTO regime  Paris Convention  Berne convention  Rome
convention  Patent Cooperation treaty  World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)-
Madrid Agreement and Protocol- Hague Agreement.

UNIT II

Internationalization of IP Protection- Post WTO regime - Globalisation of IPRs – Human

Rights and IP- TRIPS Agreement- Origin, Negotiation, Content, and impact on Developing
Countries- Subsequent Developments- Dispute Settlement Mechanism under WTO-
Implications for India

UNIT III

India’s Trade Environment and TRIPS- Pre WTO and Post WTO – Evolution of IP in India-
Types of IP-- Dr. Bakshi Tek Chand Report of the Patent Enquiry Committee 1948-1950,
Government of India- Justice Rajagopal Ayyangar Report on the Revision of the Patent Law,
1959, Government of India- Unique Indian features and industries- Developmental
Perspective of IPR in India

UNIT IV

TRIPS-mandated changes in Indian IP Laws -Introduction of new types of IP in the aftermath

of TRIPS-Protection of Computer programmes- Plant Varieties- Trade Secrets-GI-
Biodiversity and IP- Use of TRIPS Flexibilities- Compulsory Licensing- Parallel Imports-
Comparative Analysis- Alternatives to IP- open source movement – general public licence –
creative commons – open source drug discovery- limitations in international context

UNIT V

Intellectual Property Rights: Challenges- Sustainable Development – Technology Transfer-

ICT-Digital Economy -E-commerce- Domain names -Biotechnology - Nanotechnology -Role
of Government – Policy concerns in the Indian context- Implications in International Trade
Suggested Readings

International Convention and Treaties- The TRIPS Agreement (1994), The Berne
Convention (1971), The Paris Convention (1967), The Rome Convention (1961), The Treaty
on Intellectual Property in Respect of Integrated Circuits (1989), The Patent Co-operation
Treaty (1970), The Madrid Agreement (1967) and Protocol (1989), The Hague Agreement
(1960)

National legislations (India)-The Copyright Act, 1957, The Patent Act, 1970, The
Trademark Act, 1999, The Design Act, 2000, The Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-
Design Act, 2000, The Geographical Indication of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act,
1999, The Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Right Act, 2001, Biodiversity
Protection Act, 2002.

BOOKS AND ARTICLES

Amedee E. Turner, The Law Of Trade Secrets.

Andrew Christie, Integrated Circuts and their Contents: International Protection, 1995

Butterworths Patent Litigation: Enforcing a Global Patent Portfolio, 1995.

Cary Fowler et.al., The Laws Of Life :Another Development and New
Biotechnologies, Development Dialogue, 1988.

Christopher May & Susan K. Sell, Intellectual Property Rights: A Critical History, Lynne
Rienner Publications, (2005)

David J. Teece, The Transfer and Licensing of Know-how and Intellectual Property, World
Scientific (2008)

Feroz Ali Khader, The Law Of Patents-With A Special Focus On Pharmaceuticals In

India, LexisNexis, 2011.

Gustavo Ghidini, Intellectual Property and Competition Law: The Innovation Nexus,
Edward Elgar, (2006)

Hilary Person and Clifford Millar, Commercial Exploitation of Intellectual Property, 1994

Hughes J. “Philosophy of Intellectual Property” 77 The George Town Law Journal 285

Iver P. Cooper, Biotechnology and the Law, 1996

James W. Harris, Property and Justice, Oxford University Press, 1996.

Jayashree Watal, Intellectual Property Rights in the WTO and Developing Countries, Oxford
University Press, 2002.
Jeremy David, International Technology Transfer, 1991
John Odell (ed.), Negotiating Trade: Developing Countries in the WTO and NAFTA,
Cambridge University Press, (2006)

Jonathan Band and Masanobu Katoh, Interfaces on Trial, Intellectual Property and
Interoperability in the Global Software Industry, 1995

Kenneth L. Port, Licensing Intellectual Property in the digital age, Carolina Academic
Press, (1999)

Merges, Lemley, et.al, (4th Ed.) Intellectual Property in the new technological age, Aspen
Publishers, (2007)

Merges, Patent Law and Policy : Cases and Materials, 1996

Michael Blakeney, Trade Related Aspects Of Intellectual Property Rights : A Concise

Guide To The TRIPs Agreement, 1996

Odagiri et.al, Intellectual Property Rights, Development, and Catch Up, Oxford University
Press, (2010)

Patricia Lucia Marin, Providing Protection for Plant Genetic Resources: Patents, Sui
Generis Systems and Bio-Partnerships, Kluwer Law International (2001)

Pat Roy Mooney, The Law of the Seed: Another Development and Plant Genetic
Resources, Development Dialogue, 1983

Peter Drahos, A Philosophy of Intellectual Property, Dartmoth, (1996)

Rajiv Dhavan et.al, “Whose Interest? Independent India’s Patent Law and Policy”, 32
J,I.L.I 429 (1990)

Ronald V. Betting, Copyrighting Culture, The Political Economy Of Intellectual Property,

1996

Sookman, Computer Law, 1996

Susan K. Sell, Private power, Public law : The globalisation of IPR, Cambridge University
Press, (2006)

Susan Sell et.al, Who Governs the Globe?, Cambridge University Press, (2010)

Thomas Pogge, Mathew Rimmer, Kim Rubenstein (ed), Incentives for global public health:
Patent law and access to essential medicines, Cambridge University Press (2010)

W.R.Cornish, Intellectual Property, Sweet & Maxwell, London (2000).

William H. Lesser and Robert T. Masson, An Economic Analysis of the Plant Variety
Protection Act, 1983.

WIPO, Reading Materials on Intellectual Property