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VII - END TERM EXAMINATION SYLLABUS - IPR

1. Copyrights and Industrial Design Law

• Concept of copyrights, subject matter of copyright under Indian Copyright Act
• Idea-Expression dichotomy, Merger doctrine in copyright
• Economic Rights and Moral Rights in copyrights
• Authorship and Ownership: transfer of ownership, assignment and license
• Registration, Protection and Infringement
• Fair dealing and Exception to copyright infringement
• Concept of Designs, subject matter of designs under Designs Act
• Piracy of design
• Copyright and Design interface

2. Trademarks
• Nature and Concept of Trademarks under Indian Trademark Act
• Conventional and non-Conventional Trademarks
• Procedure for Registration of Marks
• Refusal of Registration: Absolute and relative grounds
• Well Known Trademarks
• Infringement of TM: TM Dilution, Passing off
• Trademark – Copyright – Industrial Designs Interface

3. Patent Law
• Indian Patent Law: subject matter and patentable criteria - Novelty, Inventive Steps
and Industrial Application
• Procedure of filing and grant of patent
• Publication and Examination of patent application; Pre-and-Post grant opposition
to patent; Revocation of patents
• Compulsory Licensing
• Infringement of Patents and Defences to Patent Infringement
• Distinguishing Trade Secrets and Patents: what to choose when?
• Patent – Industrial Designs Interface
 4. Plant variety Protection and Geographic Indication
• Requisites of Plant variety Protection in India
• Kinds of varieties.
• Meaning, Objectives and nature of GI
• Protection and registration of GI as per Indian GI Act

Note: All the topics & case laws covered in the class while discussing Patents, Copyright,
Industrial Designs and Trademarks forms part of End Term Examinations.