Introduction to Intellectual Property Law - I
Course
Online
Description
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Type
Workshop
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Level
Beginner
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Methodology
Online
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Duration
12 Weeks
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Virtual classes
Yes
Enrol in this Programme and learn to:
• Understand the legal regime governing copyrights, trade marks, and patents in India;
• Perceive the international regime governing these intellectual property rights;
• Analyse the procedural requirements for registration and use of these intellectual property rights; and
• Identify the various rights, remedies, and defences available in relation to each of these intellectual property rights.
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Subjects
- Law
- Lawyer
- Law Legal
- Law Firm
- Law Rights
- Law and Business
- Law for Business
- Law and Commerce
- Law Studies
- Intellectual Property Law
- Intellectual Property Rights India
Teachers and trainers (1)
Samar Jha
Faculty
After graduating from NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad, Samar worked with the top tier law firms such as Luthra & luthra Law Offices, New Delhi and Amarchand Mangaldas Suresh A. Shroff & Co., New Delhi. At rainmaker, Samar focuses on intellectual property rights and on aviation financing-particularly aircraft leasing and financing-and writes regularly on these issues.
Course programme
P R O G R A M M E O U T L I N E
Unit 1: Introduction: Meaning, Nature, and Evolution of Intellectual Property
• Perceive the scope of intellectual property law.
• Explore the history and the evolution of intellectual property law.
• Study the nature of intellectual property and distinguish between tangible and intangible property.
Unit 2: Scope and Rationale of Intellectual Property Rights
• Identify the different types of intellectual property.
• Examine the nature of each kind of intellectual property.
• Perceive the rationale and justification for providing intellectual property rights.
• Analyse the balance between dissemination of knowledge and incentivisation.
Unit 3: Understanding Fundamentals of Copyright
• Examine the purpose and scope of ‘copyrights’.
• Understand the essentials of copyright and the various subject-matters of copyright under the Copyright Act, 1957.
• Study the concept of ‘authorship’ and identify the term of copyright of various subject-matters of copyright under the Copyright Act, 1957.
Unit 4: Rights, Infringement, and Fair Use in Copyright
• Identify the different rights provided under copyright, including moral and economic rights.
• Distinguish between primary and secondary infringement of copyrights.
• Study the nuances of broadcasting rights.
Unit 5: Understanding Fundamentals of Trade Marks
• Examine the purpose and scope of ‘trade marks’.
• Identify different kinds of marks protected under the Trade Marks Act, 1999.
• Analyse the protection offered by trade marks
Unit 6: Registration, Use, and Infringement of Trade Marks
• Study the process of registration of a trade mark.
• Perceive the absolute and relative grounds of rejection of a registration of a trade mark under the Trade Marks Act, 1999.
• Identify different types of infringement under the Trade Marks Act, 1999.
Unit 7: Understanding Fundamentals of Patents
• Examine the purpose and scope of ‘patents’.
• Understand the rationale and justification for providing patents.
• Analyse the protection offered by patents.
Unit 8: Registration, Term, and Infringement of Patents
• Identify the various rights of a patentee and examine the grounds for infringement under the Patents Act, 1970.
• Learn about the different stages involved in the registration of a patent.
• Analyse the concept of compulsory licensing and its purpose.
Additional information
Did you know: • That when Volkswagen purchased the Rolls Royce automobile assets for nearly $800 million in 1998, Volkswagen managed to acquire everything that was needed to assemble a Rolls Royce, but forgot to purchase one important asset: the right to use the Rolls Royce trade mark? Volkswagen's rival BMW bought the rights for the trade mark. • That Martin Luther King Jr.’s estate charges academic authors $50 for each sentence of the “I Have a Dream” speech that they reprint? • That a Montreal cineplex monitored audiences with metal detectors and night-vision goggles and checked popcorn for video cameras to prevent piracy of the movie Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire?
Introduction to Intellectual Property Law - I