Online Certificate Course on Intellectual Property (IPPro) 

Introduction to Intellectual property and its role in the growth and development of technology, R & D sector.

Discussion on various treaties, protocols and agreements executed between different states to facilitate IPR services. (Eg: trIPS, GATT, Madrid Protocol, PCT, etc.)

Various economic factors related to the IP Rights and their importance in business strategies

Types of IPRs, their implementation and importance.

PATENT-

Provide incentive to the individual for new creations

Providing due recognition to the creators and inventors

Ensures material reward for intellectual property

Ensures the availability of the genuine and original product

TRADEMARKS-

talks about logo, graphics, symbol or their combination protection

Information about types of trademarks and related guidelines.

New trademark guidelines

Types of trademarks (Standard trademark, Certification trademark and Collection trademark)

COPYRIGHT-

protection for the artistic, literary and creativity in scientific works, audio-visual works, musical works, software and others under copyright Act

Berne Convention for the Protection of literary and Artistic Works

Rome Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations

Software copyright in IndiaCopyright infringement

INDUSTRIAL DESIGN-

Provides details about Industrial design which protects aesthetic aspect of an article.

Benefits from Industrial Design of a product

Difference between Industrial design right and patent right

Relation of industrial designs and business development.

PLANT VARIETY-

Describes the protection of the rights of farmers and breeders.

Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers' Rights Act, 2001

Plant breeders' rights (PBR)

Plant variety rights (PVR)

Eligibility for Plant Variety Protection

TRADE SECRETS-

Describe the trade secret which can be practice, formula, process, commercial method etc.

Negative equitable right

Comparison of trade secret protection in India with US and EU system

GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS-

Describes the good as originating in the territory of a country or a region where a given quality, reputation, or other characteristic of the goods is essentially attributableto its geographical origin.

Meaning and Nature of Geographical Indications

Who are entitled for registration?

Conditions & Procedure for Registration

Offences and Penalties

Geographical Indications and Overview of the lisbon System & Geneva Act

GI protection in India

LAYOUT DESIGNS OF INTEGRATED CIRCUITS-

describes the IPR to protect the layout-designs of integrated circuits

Designs of integrated circuits in accordance with the provisions of the IPIC treaty

traditional Knowledge Protection-

describes the concept of traditional Knowledge in the IPR

Significance & Importance of traditional Knowledge Protection

Concept of bio-prospecting & bio-piracy

International initiatives for protection of traditional Knowledge

Indian efforts towards traditional Knowledge protection

traditional Knowledge and Plant Varieties Protection

Details of types of patents applications, types of patent specifications, patent searching, patentability, National and International filings, infringements.

Patent filing procedures of India, related forms and documents

Patent searches, patent drafting, patent filing strategies, patent prosecution, patent oppositions, patent infringement, patent commercialization, enforcement, First Schedule (Forms), Second Schedule (Fees), sections and rules

Compulsory licensing and Revocation

Patent infringement, prosecution and litigation

Patent Opposition

Reasons for seeking trademark, its importance and the mandatory information and documents needed

New Forms and guidelines for trademark

Types of trademark its classes, Vienna Codification

trademark filing, search ,publication or advertisement and examination

trademark prosecution and opposition

Registration and validity of trademark

Amendments after registration of trademark

Fling of copyright application

Copyright and Freedom of Expression

Copyright Infringement

International Copyright Law (U.S. and E.U.)

Filing of design application, procedure for design application

What can be filed as Design

Piracy and infringement of designs

Overlap of Copyright and Design Acts

Case Studies