Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)

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.

Course Outcomes (CO) - Program Outcome (PO) Mapping

COs	Course outcomes	Mapping COs with POs
CO1	Understanding the basic concepts of Intellectual Property Rights	PO1
CO2	Understand the necessity of patents, copyright, trademark, GI	PO2
CO3	Development of Design or some innovation for patent application	PO1
CO4	Understanding the rights related to Intellectual Property Rights	PO3, PO8

Programme outcomes

PO1: Knowledge Enhancement: Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of essential facts, concepts, principles and theories relating to Soil Science, Agronomy, Horticulture, Genetics and Plant Breeding, Plant Pathology, Entomology and other such areas of agriculture.

PO2: Professional Enhancement: Understanding the value and processes of life-long learning and professional development.

PO3: Entrepreneurship Skills: Understanding the processes of setting up and managing viable business ventures.

PO8: Ethics: Apply ethical principles and commit to professional ethics and responsibilities and norms of the scientific practice.

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; 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;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

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; 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;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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lE4BM3dahvk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZwzoJ34_yE

Session 2

Brief introduction to GATT, WTO, TRIPs and WIPO

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOnG_0C2g6M

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FAUX1zWS7c

Session 3

Treaties for IPR protection: Madrid protocol, Berne Convention, Budapest treaty

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnnJyskqVfk