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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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