SECOND SEMESTER PAPER-V TRADE MARKS AND DESIGNS Law Relating to Trade Marks and Industrial Designs Salient features of the Trade – Marks Act 1999 characteristics of Trade Marks Kinds of Trademarks purpose of – – – Trade Marks effect of Registration / Non-Registration of Trade Marks - Tort of – Passing off Industrial Designs Salient features of the Designs Act, 2000 – – – Definition and essential elements of Design Rights Procedure for Registration of – Designs Rights of Design Holders Infringement of Designs Remedies Layout – – – – Designs Protection of Intellectual Property in Integrated circuits. – Suggested Readings:- Mittal : Trade Marks Act, Eastern Book company Narayana P. Designs Laws, Eastern Book Company, Delhi Patent and Trade Mark Cases and Journal Kailasam K C, Law of Trademarks (2016), Lexisnexis P. Naayanan, Trademarks and Passing Off (2017) Eastern Law House, Kolkata. PAPER VI – INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS: EMERGING ISSUES Intellectual Property Rights Recent Developments Intellectual Property Rights and – – Competition Law Bio Technology Patent to Life Forms compulsory Licensing of – – – Pharmaceutical Patents Freedom of Information and protection of intellectual – Property Rights - Internet Domain Name Process Protection of Computer software – – Bio-Diversity Laws Geographical Indication of Goods Traditional knowledge and – – GRTK Protection to plant varieties Intellectual property in Business methods. – – Suggested Readings:- Cornish: Intellectual Property Rights, Universal Publications. Cornish: Cases on Intellectual Property Rights by Universal publications. N.S. Sreenivasulu & CB Raju, Biotechnology and Patent Law: Patenting Living Beings, Manupatra. Trevor Cook, Pharmaceutical, Bio-Technology and the Law (2009), LexisNexis Vandana Singh, The Law of Geographical Indications, (2017), Eastern Law House, Kolkata. Kalyan C. Kanakala, Genetic Patent Law and Strategy (2007) Manupatra.
SECOND SEMESTER PAPER-V TRADE MARKS AND DESIGNS Law Relating to Trade Marks and Industrial Designs – Salient features of the Trade Marks Act 1999 – characteristics of Trade Marks – Kinds of Trademarks – purpose of Trade Marks – effect of Registration / Non-Registration of Trade Marks - Tort of Passing off – Industrial Designs – Salient features of the Designs Act, 2000 – Definition and essential elements of Design Rights – Procedure for Registration of Designs – Rights of Design Holders – Infringement of Designs – Remedies – Layout Designs – Protection of Intellectual Property in Integrated circuits. Suggested Readings:- Mittal : Trade Marks Act, Eastern Book company Narayana P. Designs Laws, Eastern Book Company, Delhi Patent and Trade Mark Cases and Journal Kailasam K C, Law of Trademarks (2016), Lexisnexis P. Naayanan, Trademarks and Passing Off (2017) Eastern Law House, Kolkata. PAPER – VI INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS: EMERGING ISSUES Intellectual Property Rights – Recent Developments – Intellectual Property Rights and Competition Law – Bio Technology – Patent to Life Forms – compulsory Licensing of Pharmaceutical Patents – Freedom of Information and protection of intellectual Property Rights - Internet Domain Name Process – Protection of Computer software – Bio-Diversity Laws – Geographical Indication of Goods – Traditional knowledge and GRTK – Protection to plant varieties – Intellectual property in Business methods. Suggested Readings:- Cornish: Intellectual Property Rights, Universal Publications. Cornish: Cases on Intellectual Property Rights by Universal publications. N.S. Sreenivasulu & CB Raju, Biotechnology and Patent Law: Patenting Living Beings, Manupatra. Trevor Cook, Pharmaceutical, Bio-Technology and the Law (2009), LexisNexis Vandana Singh, The Law of Geographical Indications, (2017), Eastern Law House, Kolkata. Kalyan C. Kanakala, Genetic Patent Law and Strategy (2007) Manupatra.
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