Patents

1. Which are not inventions within the meaning of the Patent Act.
2. Does a Patent obtained in India give protection worldwide? Is it possible to file international
application under Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) in India?
3. Is it possible to file international application under Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) in India?
4. Discuss the provisions and terms of the Patents Act in relation to compulsory licenses.
5. Write short note on the following:
a. Invention and Inventive step.
b. Patent agent
c. Deceptive Similarity
d. Opposition of patent
e. Restoration of lapsed patents
6. Mention the cases that do not qualify to be called as inventions, within the meaning of the
Patents Act, 1970?
7. Discuss the grounds on which the registration of a patent can be refused?
8. Elaborate the provisions relating to infringement of patent.

Trademark
1. What is a trade mark and its functions? Which are Prerequisites for a trade mark to be
registered?
2. Grounds for refusal to register trademark.
3. Infringement of trademark.
4. State “Registered user” and well known trade mark under the Trade Marks Act, 1999.
5. Who are the beneficiaries from a trade mark?
6. Trademark is decided by the date of usage of the mark by a person in business transactions.
Comment with decided case of Uniply Industries.
7. Explain the ‘Assignment of a trade mark’ and ‘transmission of a trade mark’ under the Trade
Marks Act, 1999.

Copyright
1.Briefly explain the concept of copyright.
2.Who is author and what are the moral rights of an author?
3.What is Assignment of copyright and Mode of assignment.
4.Which are the common copyright infringements? Certain acts do not constitute infringement of
copyright under Copyright Act, 1957. Discuss
5.Discuss in detail the Copyright Board.
6.Elaborate the provisions relating to certain exception to infringement have been stipulated by the
Copyright Act
7.Compulsory licensing of copy rights.
Geographical indication
1. How a geographical indication is different from a trade mark?
2. Can a registered geographical indication be assigned, transmitted, etc?
3. How long the registration of Geographical Indication is valid?
4. When is a registered Geographical Indication said to be infringement?

Design Act
1. What is meant by ‘Design’ under the Designs Act, 2000?
2. What is the object of registration of Designs? and the effect of registration of design?
3. What is piracy of a Design?