Intellectual Property Right
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Pradipta Banerjee, Ph.D.
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Course Name : Intellectual Property Rights
Code(Credit) : ASIP3201(1-0-0)
Course Objectives
- To encourage innovation and to provide incentives for innovation by granting protection to inventors that will allow them to recover research and development investments and reap the benefits of their inventions for a certain period of time.
- To understand the necessity of patents, copyright, trademark, GI, etc.
Learning Outcomes
Once the students complete their syllabus and assessment, they will develop the basic knowledge and awareness of acquiring the patent and copyright for their innovative works. They will also get an idea about plagiarism while writing any article, blog, research or review paper and learn how to avoid it.
Course Syllabus
Theory
Introduction and meaning of intellectual property, brief introduction to GATT, WTO, TRIPs and WIPO, Treaties for IPR protection: Madrid protocol, Berne Convention, Budapest treaty, etc.
Types of Intellectual Property and legislations covering IPR in India:-Patents, Copyrights,
Trademark, Industrial design, Geographical indications, Integrated circuits, Trade secrets. Patents Act 1970 and Patent system in India, patentability, process and product patent, filing of patent, patent specification, patent claims, Patent opposition and revocation, infringement, Compulsory licensing, Patent Cooperation Treaty, Patent search and patent database.
Origin and history including a brief introduction to UPOV for protection of plant varieties, Protection of plant varieties under UPOV and PPV&FR Act of India, Plant breeders rights, Registration of plant varieties under PPV&FR Act 2001, breeders, researcher and farmers rights. Traditional knowledge-meaning and rights of TK holders.
Convention on Biological Diversity, International treaty on plant genetic resources for food and agriculture (ITPGRFA). Indian Biological Diversity Act, 2002 and its salient features, access and benefit sharing.
References
1. Acharya, N.K. 2014. Text book of Intellectual Property Rights. Asia Law House, Hyderabad.
2. Loganathan, E.T.2012. Intellectual Property Rights. New Century Publications, New Delhi.
3. Rosedar, S.R.A. 2016. Intellectual Property Rights. Lexis Nexis(2nd Ex.) Nagpur
Session Plan
Session 1
Introduction and meaning of intellectual property, brief introduction to GATT, WTO; International Treaties for IPR protection: An Overview; Madrid protocol, Berne Convention, Budapest treaty
Madrid Protocol
WTO, GATTIPR_PB_Lecture 1
Session 2
Types of Intellectual Property and legislation covering IPR in India; Patents, Copyrights; Trademark, Industrial design
Session 3
Geographical indications, Integrated circuits, Trade secrets.
Session 4
Patents Act 1970 and Patent system in India; patentability, process and product patent
Session 5
Patent Search & patent Database
Session 6
Filing of patent, patent specification, patent claims
Patent procedure , time line and cost of patent filing in India short introduction
Session 7
Patent opposition and revocation; infringement, Compulsory licensing; Patent Cooperation Treaty and its role
Session 8
Origin and history including a brief introduction to UPOV for protection of plant varieties; Protection of plant varieties under UPOV and PPV&FR Act of India
Session 9
Plant breeders rights; Registration of plant varieties under PPV&FR Act 2001, breeders, researcher and farmers rights. Traditional knowledge-meaning and rights of TK holders
Session 10
Convention on Biological Diversity, International treaty on plant genetic resources for food and agriculture (ITPGRFA); Indian Biological Diversity Act, 2002 and its salient features, access and benefit sharing
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Present Position Assistant Professor, Dept. of Biochemistry and Plant Physiology, MSSSoA, Centurion University of Technology & Management, Odisha, India Mobile: 9330492088 , E-mail: pradipta.banerjee@cutm.ac.in Education Bachelor of Science (Biotechnology), PES College, Bangalore University, Karnataka, India Master of Science (Biochemistry), Vidya Sagar University, West Bengal, India Ph.D. (Soil Sc. & Agri. Chemistry), Visva Bharati University, Birbhum, […]