General Introductions to IP Rights

Explore the core principles of property and intellectual property rights. Understand ownership, patents, trademarks, and international treaties. Learn how these concepts drive innovation, economic development, and protect creative works.

General Introductions to IP Rights

1 Concept of Property

  1. Types of Property
  2. General Characteristics of Property Rights
  3. Attributes of Property
  4. Ownership
  5. Theories of Property
  6. Definition of Property by Different Philosophers
  7. Meaning of Property
  8. Property in Common Law
  9. Property in Business Law
  10. Supreme Court’s View
  11. Intellectual Property Rights

2 Kinds of Property

  1. Kinds of Property
  2. Corporeal Property
  3. Incorporeal Property
  4. Immovable Property Position in Indian Law
  5. Movable Property Position in Indian Law
  6. Real and Personal Property
  7. Kinds of Intangible Property Rights
  8. Modes of Acquisition of Property

3 Private Rights Vs. Public Interest

  1. Characteristics of a Legal Right
  2. Kinds of Rights
  3. Protection of Property
  4. Protection of Public Interest
  5. Limitation on Patent Rights
  6. The Copyright Act 1957 and Public Interest Provisions

4 History and Evolution of IPRs

  1. History and Evolution of Industrial Property Rights: A Global Perspective
  2. Legal Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights: A Comparative Study of Regional Developments
  3. Harmonization of Intellectual Property Rights
  4. Emergence of New Generation Intellectual Property Rights
  5. Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights under WTO
  6. Progression of Intellectual Property Laws in India

5 Theories of Intellectual Property Rights

  1. Utilitarian Theory
  2. Labour Theory
  3. Social Planning Theory
  4. Economic Incentive Benefit Theory
  5. Consideration Theory
  6. Personality Theory
  7. Ecological Theory
  8. Unjust Enrichment Theory
  9. Theory of Distributive Justice

6 Intellectual Property as a Tool for Economic Development

  1. Intellectual Property and International Economy Order
  2. Intellectual Property and Technological Development
  3. Intellectual Property as a Tool for Economic Development
  4. Patent Rights and Economic Development
  5. Role of Trademark in the Progression of Economy
  6. Designs as an Instrument of Economic Development
  7. Economic Progress and Geographical Indication
  8. Copyright as a Means to Economic Growth
  9. Contribution of Traditional Knowledge in Economic Progress

7 Changing Dimensions of IPR

  1. Changes in the Intellectual Property Regime
  2. Definition of Intellectual Property: Transition from Traditional to Modern
  3. Emergence of New Intellectual Property Rights: A Global Scenario
  4. Influence of Global Changes in the National Level
  5. Protection of Plant Varieties and Traditional Knowledge: An Emerging Area of IP
  6. Layout-Designs of Integrated Circuits as an Emerging IP
  7. Undisclosed Information and IPR
  8. IPR Enforcement Mechanisms

8 Copyright and Related Rights

  1. Evolution of Copyright and Related Rights
  2. Salient Features of the Berne Convention
  3. Salient Features of the Rome Convention
  4. WIPO Copyright Treaty (WCT)
  5. Extent of Copyright Protection
  6. Rights to be Included in Copyright
  7. Registration of Copyright
  8. Structures of Indian Copyright Office
  9. Term of Copyright
  10. Acts not to be Infringement of Copyright

9 Industrial Property Rights I

  1. Patents
  2. Utility Models
  3. Industrial Designs
  4. Layout-designs of Integrated Circuits

10 Industrial Property Rights II

  1. Trademarks
  2. Passing Off
  3. Trade Secrets
  4. Domain Names
  5. Geographical Indications
  6. Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Rights
  7. Biodiversity, Traditional Knowledge (TK), and IPRs

11 Introduction to International Treaties and Conventions on Intellectual Property

  1. World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
  2. International Conventions on Copyright
  3. International Conventions on Industrial Property
  4. International Classification Treaties

12 Treaties on Copyright and Related Rights

  1. Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works
  2. Universal Copyright Convention for the Protection of Copyright
  3. Copyrights under Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights
  4. WIPO Copyright Treaty
  5. Other Treaties

13 Treaties on Patents, Designs and Utility Models

  1. Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property 1883
  2. The Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) 1970
  3. The Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) 1995
  4. The Patent Law Treaty (PLT) 2000
  5. The Strasbourg Agreement Concerning the International Classification 1975

14 Treaties on Trademarks and Competition Law

  1. Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property
  2. Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks 1891 and the Protocol Relating to that Agreement 1989
  3. Nairobi Treaty on the Protection of the Olympic Symbol
  4. Trademark Law Treaty
  5. Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks 2006
  6. Protection against Unfair Competition/Anti-Competitive Practices

15 International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV)

  1. Intellectual Property Rights Protection of New Plant Varieties
  2. Emergence of UPOV
  3. Plant Variety Protection and Developing Countries
  4. Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
  5. Protocols under CBD

16 International Classification Treaties Administered by WIPO

  1. Nice Agreement Concerning International Classification of Goods and Services
  2. Locarno Agreement Establishing an International Classification for Industrial Designs
  3. Strasbourg Agreement Concerning the International Patent Classification
  4. Vienna Agreement Establishing an International Classification of the Figurative Elements of Marks