Course Syllabus

Course Information
Course Code : LAW613
Course Title : Intellectual Property Laws
Course Planner : 17576: Dr.Divya Khurana
Course Focus : Conceptual & Substantive
Course L: 2 T: 0 P: 0 Credits : 2
Information: CA Category: A0203

Course Outcomes
CO Outcome Description Bloom
Level
1 Conceptual understanding of Intellectual Property Rights. Understand
2 Enable the students to describe and evaluate the International and Understand
domestic trends in intellectual property.
3 Critically evaluate the concepts of copyrights, patents, trademarks, Evaluate
geographical indications, trade secrets and designs.
4 Enable the students to articulate the rights, registration and remedies Apply
associated with each regime.
5 The students will be able to demonstrate the commercial significance of Understand
geographical indications and the law governing thereof.

Course Syllabi
Unit Chapter Title Topics Hours
Unit-I Emergence Introduction and concept of IPRs, Kinds of IPRs,
and International Law and Protection of IPRs, TRIPS
Development 5
Agreement, WIPO
of IPRs
Unit-II Law of Patents Concept of Patents, Novelty, Non-obviousness/
Inventiveness, Utility, Indian Patent Act, 1970(including 5
Amendments-1999, 2002, 2005), Paris Convention,
 TRIPS, Compulsory Licensing, Infringements and
Remedies, Patent Co-operation Treaty.

Unit-III Law of Historical Development of Trademarks, concept of

Trademarks distinctiveness and consumer deception; deceptively
similar trademarks; Procedure for registration; grounds 5
for refusal to register, Infringement and passing off; well
known marks; Lisbon and Madrid Agreement.
Mid-Term Examination
Unit-I Law of Need for Protection of Industrial Designs, Designs Act,
V Designs 2000, Infringement and Remedies, Copyrights and
5
Designs, Hague Agreement Concerning International
Registration of Industrial Designs, Locarno Agreement
Unit-V Law of Historical Development of Copyright Law, Berne
Copyrights Convention, Idea-Expression Dichotomy, Originality,
5
Authorship & Ownership, Doctrine of Fair Use, Related
Rights- Broadcasting Rights, Performers Rights
Unit-V Law of Evolution & Justification for GI protection, features of
I Geographical GI protection, Protection of GI at National Level,
Indications Geographical Indication of Goods (Protection &
Registration) Act, 1999, Higher Level of Protection of 5
GIs and TRIPS, Article 23 Controversy, Genericides of
Geographical Indications

End-Term Examination

Text Books
SrN Book Title Author Edition ISBN Publisher
1 Intellectual Property Law P.Narayanan 3rd 978817177 Eastern Law
Edition 3510 House.
Calcutta.

2 Intellectual Property Laws (Acts Universal’s - 978-93503 Universal

only) Legal 55855 Law
Manual Publishing -
An imprint
of
LexisNexis

3 Intellectual Property Rights: R. - 978-81744 Excel Books

Text and Cases Radhakrishn 66099
an
Reference Books
SrN Book Title Author Edition ISBN Publishe
r
1 Intellectual Property Rights Ananth 1st 978-81803 Lexis
Infringement and Remedies Padmanabh 87937 Nexis
an
2 Law of Trademarks including KC 1st 978-81803 Lexis
International Registration under Kailasam 89252 Nexis
Madrid Protocol and Geographical and
Indications RamuVeda
raman

3 Relocating the Law of GI Dev 1st 978-05211 Cambrid

Gangjee 92026 ge
Universit
y Press

4 Principles of Intellectual Property Catharine 1st 978-18594 Routledg

Law Colstone 14651 e-Caven
dish

Applicable MOOCs
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Applicable Guest Lectures, Educational Visits

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