INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW

The students should be able to understand and describe the nature of intellectual property; the socio-economic basis for the protection of intellectual property rights; Historical development of intellectual property protection; economics of intellectual property rights protection; the legal framework that regulate IPR; copyrights – categories of protected works, permitted acts; confidential information: trademarks; patents? trade secrets; designs and traditional knowledge; seeds and plants breeders rights; infringement of patent rights; acquisition of right by registration; scope of monopoly rights; utility models; plant variety protection; infringing Acts, assignment and licensing; remedies and defences available and public interest in disclosing of certain information; the trade-related aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) and other treaties on intellectual property rights; emerging issues in IPRs.