IIT Madras - Intellectual Property
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Intellectual Property at Swayam Overview
Duration | 15 weeks |
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Total fee | Free |
Mode of learning | Online |
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Credential | Certificate |
Intellectual Property at Swayam Highlights
- Earn a certification from National Law University Delhi
- Learn from expert faculty
Intellectual Property at Swayam Course details
- Lawyers specializing in intellectual property law, including patent attorneys, trademark attorneys, and copyright lawyers, are a key audience for IP-related information
- Students will gain a comprehensive understanding of the various forms of intellectual property, including patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets, as well as the legal frameworks and principles governing each type
- Students will learn how to identify intellectual property assets within different contexts, such as inventions, creative works, branding elements, and confidential information. They will develop skills in effectively protecting these assets through appropriate mechanisms such as registration, contracts, and security measures
- Students will develop analytical skills to identify and evaluate intellectual property issues and challenges faced by individuals, businesses, and society. They will learn to assess the potential risks and opportunities associated with intellectual property rights and make informed decisions
- Students will gain practical knowledge of intellectual property laws and regulations, including statutory requirements, case law precedents, and international treaties. They will learn to interpret and apply these legal principles in real-world scenarios, such as drafting patent claims, conducting trademark searches, or assessing fair use in copyright
- The course curriculum covers a wide but definitive areas of study that involve fundamentals of IP, historical origins and international obligations, economics of IP, justifications, nature of subject-matter, criteria for protection, term, rights, assignment and licensing, defenses, limitations, exceptions, public interest considerations, remedies and enforcement
- The course will also contain topics that involve the interface of IP with areas such as human rights and competition law and policy
Intellectual Property at Swayam Curriculum
Week 1: Foundations of Intellectual Property
Module 1: Introduction to Intellectual Property: A Conceptual Primer
Module 2: Universal Origins of Intellectual Property
Module 3: Theoretical Justifications for Intellectual Property
Module 4: Economics of Intellectual Property: Innovation and Creativity - Policy Linkages
Week 2: International IP and IP Interfaces
Module 5: Legal Principles of International Intellectual Property Regime: Introduction to TRIPS
Module 6: Intellectual Property and Interface with Fundamental Freedoms
Module 7: TRIPS and Public Health: Challenges for Access to Medicines
Module 8: Intellectual Property and Competition Law- A Primer
Week 3: Patents – I
Module 9: Concept of Invention, Novelty, Inventive Step and Industrial Application and Disclosure
Module 10: Pharmaceutical Patents- Subject Matter Exclusions
Module 11: Biotechnology Patents- Subject Matter Exclusions
Week 4: Patents – II
Module 12: Software and Business Methods Patents
Module 13: Patents, Traditional Knowledge and Biodiversity
Week 5: Copyright and Neighbouring Rights
Module 14: Originality Requirement in Copyright Law
Module 15: Subject-Matter Requirement in Copyright Law
Module 16: Neighbouring/ Related Rights
Week 6: Trademark Law
Module 17: Trademarks- Concept of Distinctiveness and Grounds for Refusal of Trademark Registration
Module 18: Trademarks- Challenges in Non-Conventional Marks and Domain Names Disputes
Module 19: Well Known Marks
Week 7: IP Specifics/Sui generis- I
Module 20: Industrial Designs: Definition of a design; Concept of Novelty and Originality; designs not patentable; - Functional Designs
Module 21: Trade Secrets- Conditions of Protection
Module 22: Geographical Indications Substantive Conditions for Registration
Week 8:REVISION
Week 9: IP Specifics/ Sui generis – II
Module 23: Plant Variety Protection – Conditions of Registration
Module 24: Other Kinds of Intellectual Property
Week 10: Copyright + IP Assignment/ Licensing
Module 25: Economic and Moral Rights of Authors
Module 26: Copyright in the Digital Context
Module 27: IP Assignment and Licensing
Week 11: IP - Limitations and Exceptions
Module 28: Patent Rights- Limited Exceptions
Module 29: Copyright- Fair Dealing
Module 30: Limitations on Rights of Trademarks Owners
Week 12: IP- Public Interest
Module 31: Principles of IP Exhaustion
Module 32: Patents- Compulsory Licensing /Other Uses Without Authorization
Module 33: Copyrights- Statutory and Compulsory Licensing
Week 13: IP Infringement
Module 34: Patent Infringement
Module 35: Copyright Infringement
Module 36: Trademark Infringement and Passing-off
Module 37: Ambush Marketing and Comparative Advertising
Week 14: IP- Remedies and Enforcement
Module 38: Nature of Remedies in IP Law
Module 39: Patent law-remedies
Module 40: Copyright-Civil and Criminal
Module 41: Trademark Law- Civil and Criminal
Week 15: INTERNAL ASSESSMENT
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