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Module I - Introduction to IPR & Patents
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I. Understanding Intellectual
Property Rights
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Introduction |
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History of Patent Protection |
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Rationale behind Patent System
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II. An Overview of the IPR
Regime
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· The Industrial Property System
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· Patents |
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Trademarks |
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Copyrights
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Industrial Designs
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Layout Design of Integrated Circuits |
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Undisclosed Information - Trade Secrets
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III. Definition and Content of
Patents System
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Definition of Patents
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TRIPS Definition |
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Various kinds of patent systems
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Inventions and invention excluded from patentability |
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Process and product patent
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·Acquiring a patent
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· Method of
getting a patent
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Patent specification
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Patent claims
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IV. Enforcement of Patents
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Term of a patent
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· Working of a
patent
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Compulsory Licensing
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Licenses of right
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Obligations of a Patentee
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V. Exploitation of Patents.
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· Rights
of the Patentee
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Infringement & remedies
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Literal Infringement
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Infringement by Equivalents – Doctrine of equivalents.
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Defences to Infringement.
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VI. Abuse of Patents
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Statement on Working of Patents
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Voluntary Licensing & Compulsory Licensing
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Licences of Right
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The Concepts of meeting “Reasonable requirement of the public
at reasonable cost –
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· Revocation of
Patents
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Module II - Patenting in
India
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I. Legislations and Salient
Features
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· Indian Patents Act
1970
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· Patent Amendment
Act 2005
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WTO TRIPS - Indian Legislation |
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II. Patent Search
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Patent Offices in India
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Patent Information and Databases
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Search methods/tools
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Patent Information Centres
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Advantages of patent search
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International Patent classification Patent search
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III. Procedures for Patent
Applications
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Patentability
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Exclusions from Patentability
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Acquisition of patents
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Preparation of Patent Specification
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Patent Office procedure
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· Construction of
patent claims
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IV.Drafting of Patents
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V.Patent Infringement
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Module III - American & European Patent Regimes
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I.
US
Patent Regime
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· Title 37 CFR
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· Patentability
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· Utility
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· Novelty
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· Non obviousness
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· Patent
specification – Best Mode
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II. European Patent Regime
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European patent convention
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Patentable inventions in European Patent systems
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· History of the
Broad Definition of Patentability
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· Final form of
European Patent system Development of EPO Practice in Relation to
Software Industries
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III. Business Model
Patents - Biotech Patents
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IV.Software Patents
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V.Patentability of Life Forms
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Module IV - International Treaties/Conventions on IPR
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I.
Paris
Convention
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· Background |
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· Salient features of
Paris Convention
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· Governing Rules of
Paris convention
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II. World Intellectual
Property Organization (WIPO)
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· Background
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· Salient features of
WIPO
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· Organization of
WIPO
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III. World Trade Organization
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· Evolution of WTO
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· Organization
of WTO
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IV. TRIPS Agreement
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· Background
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· Salient Features of
TRIPS
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· TRIPS and Indian
IPR
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· TRIPS and PARIS
Convention – a comparison.
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V. Patent Co-operation Treaty
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· Background
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Objectives of PCT
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· Salient
features of PCT
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VI.Budapest Treaty
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VII.Convention of Bio-Diversity
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VII.Madrid Agriment
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Practicals
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1.
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Opinions
of Patentability
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2.
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Preparation
of Patent Specifications
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3.
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Patentability
of Software & Biotechnology related inventions
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4.
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Licences
of Right
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5.
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Infringement Issues in Patents |
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