IPR

Meaning and scope

IPR
Intellectual property:
-Creation of mind like inventions, literary and artistic
work, images, designs and symbols used in commerce.
Object: manifest human creativity in the form of
work, inventions or symbol for business.
History
500 BC-Greek state of Sybaris allowed its citizens to obtain a patent for
“any new refinement in luxury.”
Venetian Patent law, 1474-
-First European statute, republic of Venice.
-’new and indigenous device, not previously made’(Patents).
Elizabeth 1, letter patent for export
 Statute of Monopolies, 1623. During this time, various guilds
controlled all major industries. Each guild held a significant amount of
power, as the government endowed them to dictate which products and
raw materials could be imported and how the items could be produced
and sold. The guilds were also in charge of bringing new innovations to
the market place.
Statute of Anne,1710- Copyright regulations by govt. not private parties.
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OF GUILDS AND
MERCHANTS
So cool, isn’t it?
International Conventions
 Paris Convention for the protection of Industrial property (1883)
 Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic works
(1886)
 Patent Co-operation Treaty
 Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of
Marks, 1891 followed by a protocol in 1989.
 International Convention for the protection of performers, producers
of phonograms and Broadcasting Organisation, also known as the
Rome convention 1961
 Trips agreement, 1994
 WIPO treaty on Phonograms and Performances, 1996
 Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons
Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired or Otherwise Print Disabled-2013
Continued..
The Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT):
- It is an international patent law treaty which brings
the applicants across the member states into one
platform. The treaty was concluded in 1970. A patent
application filed under the PCT is called an
international application, or PCT application.
- The preliminary criterion for the membership is that
the country wanting to be a member of the PCT
should first be the member of a contracting state of
Paris convention treaty.
Contents of IPR
Copyright
Patents
Designs
Trademark
GI
Plant Varieties
Biological Diversity
Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout Design
Why protect IP?
Encourage creativity.
Respect Artists, inventors etc
Favor social, cultural and economic development.
Sustainable and competitive business
Improve national economy
Attracts investment
Technological innovation
We all need jobs and oppurtunities.
Challenges
Keeps changing, not transient.
Laws not demanding.
Digitalization created a major blow on IP
-Piracy
-torrents
-crack files
Thank you!
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