Patents

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Patents

1 Fundamentals of Patenting

  1. Historical Background of Patents
  2. Types of Patents
  3. World Patent
  4. Procedure for Filing a Patent in India
  5. Filing Patent Application in Other Countries

2 Terms and Definitions

  1. Inventions
  2. Inventive Steps
  3. Capable of Industrial Application
  4. New Invention
  5. Pharmaceutical Substance

3 Rights in Patents

  1. Scope of Patent Protection
  2. Limitation on Patent Rights
  3. Acts Not Considered as Infringement
  4. Compulsory License
  5. Revocation of Patent

4 Administration of Patents

  1. Patent Office
  2. Powers of the Controller General
  3. Register of Patent
  4. Patent Agents
  5. Training of Patent Agents and Examiners
  6. Modernization of Patent Offices
  7. Introducing Patent Education in Science Colleges

5 Procedure for Obtaining A Patent in India

  1. Stages Involved in Grant of a Patent
  2. Type of Patent Applications
  3. Format for Making Application
  4. Appropriate Office
  5. Prescribed Fee
  6. Person Entitled to File
  7. Procedure of Filing Application
  8. Patent of Addition

6 International Patent Search, Documentation and Analytics

  1. Structure of Patent Document
  2. Bibliographic Information Contained in Patent Documents INID Codes
  3. Kind Codes for Patent Documents
  4. International Patent Classification
  5. Types of Searches
  6. Sources of Patent Information
  7. How to Conduct Patent Search
  8. Understanding an International Search Report

7 Patent Specification and Claims

  1. Provisional and Complete Specification
  2. Categories of Invention
  3. Process of Drafting a Patent Specification
  4. Description Requirements of a Patent Specification in Different Jurisdictions
  5. Examples illustrating Various Components of a Patent Specification
  6. Essential Features of Description of an Invention
  7. Filing of a Patent Application at Patent Office

8 Commercialisation of Patents

  1. Objectives of Commercialisation of Patents Organisations
  2. Patent Commercialisation vs Product Marketing
  3. PatentlTechnology Valuations and Pricing
  4. Identifying Potential Licensees
  5. Formulating a Patent Licensing Strategy
  6. Licensing of Patented Know How to Clients in Developed Countries

9 Infringement of Patent

  1. Infringement: Its Meaning
  2. Exceptions to Infringement
  3. Types of Infringement
  4. Determination of Infringement
  5. Jurisdiction of Suit for Infringement
  6. Time for Filing the Suit

10 Filing Opposition- Pre/Post Grant Issues

  1. Pre-Grant Opposition
  2. Post-Grant Opposition
  3. Grounds of Opposition
  4. Procedure for Pre-Grant Opposition
  5. Procedure for Post-Grant Opposition

11 Grounds of Defence

  1. Defences
  2. Revocation Grounds
  3. Gillette Defence
  4. Relief or Remedy
  5. Declaration as to Non-Infringement

12 Intellectual Property Appellate Board (IPAB)

  1. Introduction
  2. Amendments in the Patents Act
  3. Objective of IPAB
  4. Location of IPAB and its Benches
  5. Salient features of the IPAB
  6. Qualifications of the Chairman and Vice-Chairman
  7. Qualifications of the Technical Member Patents
  8. Transfer of Cases
  9. Operationalisation of IPAB for Patents

13 Patent Co-operation Treaty and International Patent Filing Strategies

  1. Introduction
  2. Need for Protecting Inventions Abroad
  3. Using PCT Route for Filing Patent Applications
  4. General Procedure of PCT Filing
  5. Strategies followed by Applicants for PCT Filings
  6. Benefits of Using PCT System

14 Technology Transfer

  1. Introduction
  2. Technology Transfer Activities
  3. Dynamic Relationship between IPR Activity, Technology Transfer, and Commercialisation
  4. Partnerships in Technology Transfer and Development
  5. Methods of Technology Transfer
  6. Major Technology Transfer Organisations in India and Abroad
  7. Government Control on Technology Transfer
  8. Reasons for Failure of a Technology
  9. Future Scenario of Technology Transfer
  10. Practical Examples of Technology Transfer

15 Patents and Indian Biodiversity Act

  1. Convention on Biological Diversity 1992 (CBD)
  2. CBD and Biodiversity Act of India 2002
  3. Provisions in BDA
  4. Sourcing Biological Material and Associated Knowledge from India
  5. Patents Act and Protection of Bio-Resources
  6. Application Format for Access to Biological Resources and Associated Traditional Knowledge
  7. Benefit Sharing and Other Provisions