• INTRODUCTION TO INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
✔ Role of IP in the Economic and Cultural Development of the Society
✔ IP Governance
✔ IP as a Global Indicator of Innovation
✔ Origin of IP
✔ History of IP in India
✔ Patents
✔ Copyrights and Related Rights
✔ Trademarks
✔ Geographical Indications
✔ Trade Secrets
✔ Semiconductor Integrated Circuits and Layout Designs
✔ Plant Varieties
✔ Traditional Knowledge
✔ Industrial Designs
✔ Biodiversity Conservation
✔ Major Amendments in IP Laws and Acts in India
• CATEGORIES OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
✔ Patents
✔ Conditions for Obtaining a Patent Protection
✔ To Patent or Not to Patent an Invention
✔ Rights Associated with Patents
✔ Enforcement of Patent Rights
✔ Inventions Eligible for Patenting
✔ Non-Patentable Matters
✔ Patent Infringements
✔ Avoid Public Disclosure of an Invention before Patenting
✔ Process of Patenting
✔ Prior Art Search
✔ Choice of Application to be Filed
✔ Patent Application Forms
✔ Jurisdiction of Filing Patent Application
✔ Publication
✔ Pre-grant Opposition
✔ Examination
✔ Grant of a Patent
✔ Validity of Patent Protection
✔ Post-grant Opposition
✔ Commercialization of a Patent
✔ Need for a Patent Attorney/Agent
✔ Can a Worldwide Patent be Obtained
✔ Do I Need First to File a Patent in India
✔ Patent Related Forms
✔ Fee Structure
✔ Types of Patent Applications
✔ Commonly Used Terms in Patenting
✔ National Bodies Dealing with Patent Affairs
✔ Utility Models
✔ Additional Information
✔ opyrights and Related Rights
✔ Classes of Copyrights
✔ Criteria for Copyright
✔ Ownership of Copyright
✔ Copyrights of the Author
✔ Copyright Infringements
✔ Liability of Owner of an Auditorium/Hall
✔ Copyright Infringement is a Criminal Offence
✔ Copyright Infringement is a Cognizable Offence
✔ Fair Use Doctrine
✔ Copyrights and Internet
✔ Non-Copyright Work
✔ Copyright Registration
✔ Judicial Powers of the Registrar of Copyrights
✔ Fee Structure
✔ Copyright Symbol
✔ Validity of Copyright
✔ Copyright Profile of India
✔ Copyright and the word ‘Publish’
✔ Transfer of Copyrights to a Publisher
✔ Copyrights and the Word ‘Adaptation’
✔ Copyrights and the Word ‘Indian Work’
✔ Joint Authorship
✔ Copyright Society
✔ Copyright Board
✔ Copyright Enforcement Advisory Council (CEAC)
✔ International Copyright Agreements, Conventions and Treaties
✔ Interesting Copyrights Cases
✔ Trademarks
✔ Eligibility Criteria
✔ Who Can Apply for a Trademark
✔ Acts and Laws
✔ Designation of Trademark Symbols
✔ Classification of Trademarks
✔ Registration of a Trademark is Not Compulsory
✔ Validity of Trademark
✔ Types of Trademark Registered in India
✔ Trademark Registry
✔ Process for Trademarks Registration
✔ Prior Art Search
✔ Important Queries/Facts About Trademarks
✔ Can any correction be made in the application or register
✔ Can a registered Trademark be removed from the register
✔ Is the sound or smell registrable as a Trademark
✔ Can a registered user restrain the third party from using an identical or similar mark which is not registered
✔ Seeking Trademark Protection in a Foreign Country
✔ Trademarks Statistics (India)
✔ International Treaties and Conventions
✔ Famous Case Law: Coca-Cola Company vs. Bisleri International Pvt. Ltd.
✔ Industrial Designs
✔ Eligibility Criteria
✔ Acts and Laws to Govern Industrial Designs
✔ Design Rights
✔ Enforcement of Design Rights
✔ Non-Protectable Industrial Designs India
✔ Protection Term
✔ Procedure for Registration of Industrial Designs
✔ Prior Art Search
✔ Application for Registration
✔ Duration of the Registration of a Design
✔ Importance of Design Registration
✔ Cancellation of the Registered Design
✔ Application Forms
✔ Classification of Industrial Designs
✔ Designs Registration Trend in India
✔ International Treaties
✔ Famous Case Law: Apple Inc. vs. Samsung Electronics Co.
✔ Geographical Indications
✔ Acts, Laws and Rules Pertaining to GI
✔ Ownership of GI
✔ Rights Granted to the Holders
✔ Registered GI in India
✔ Identification of Registered GI
✔ Classes of GI
✔ Non-Registerable GI
✔ Protection of GI
✔ Collective or Certification Marks
✔ Enforcement of GI Rights
✔ Procedure for GI Registration
✔ Documents Required for GI Registration
✔ GI Ecosystem in India
✔ Additional Information
✔ Generic GI
✔ Homonymous GI
✔ Difference Between GI and Appellation of Origin
✔ Difference Between GI, Trademark and Traditional Knowledge
✔ International Agreements for GI Administered by WIPO
✔ Famous Case Law: Banglar Rasogolla vs. Odisha Rasogola
✔ Trade Secrets
✔ Criteria for Trade Secret
✔ Registration and Protection Time of Trade Secrets
✔ Rights Associated with Trade Secrets
✔ Enforcement of Trade Secrets
✔ When to Apply for Trade Secret Protection
✔ Precautionary Measures to be Taken by Enterprises/Organizations
✔ Important Information About Trade Secrets
✔ Disparity Between Trade Secrets and Patents
✔ Renowned Trade Secrets
✔ Coca-Cola
✔ Google Algorithm
✔ WD-40
✔ Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC)
✔ Traditional Knowledge
✔ Significance of TK
✔ Agreement on TK
✔ Protection of TK
✔ Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout Design
✔ Duration of Registration
✔ Infringements
✔ SICLD Registry
✔ Requirements for Registration
✔ Procedure for Registration
✔ Forms and Fee
✔ Acts and Laws
✔ Additional Information
✔ Acts Not Considered as an Infringement
✔ Protection of Plant Varieties and Plant Breeders Rights
✔ Need for Plant Protection as an IP
✔ International Agreements/Treaties for Plant Protection
✔ Indian Context for Protection of Plant Varities
✔ Conditions for Registration of New Plant Variety
✔ Types of Plant Varieties Registered Under the PVP&FR Act, 2001
✔ Plant Varieties Which Cannot be Registered in India
✔ Process of Registration
✔ Fee Structure
✔ Duration of Plant Variety Protection in India
✔ Rights Granted Under PVP&FR Act, 2001
✔ Compulsory Licensing
✔ Interesting Cases Related to Plant Variety Protection in India
✔ National Biodiversity Authority
✔ Biological Diversity Act, 2002
✔ International Agreements for Conservation of Biodiversity
✔ Implementation of Biological Diversity Act, 2002
• WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANIZATION (WIPO)
✔ Introduction
✔ Origin of WIPO
✔ Salient Features of WIPO
✔ Main Activities of WIPO
✔ India and WIPO
✔ Access to International IP Filing Systems
✔ Protection of Traditional Knowledge (TK)
✔ Technology and Innovation Support Centres (TISC)
✔ Access to International Microorganism Deposit System
✔ Data for International IP Filing System
✔ PCT Patent Statistics
✔ Trademark Statistics (Madrid System)
✔ Industrial Designs Statistics (Hague System)
• TREATIES/CONVENTIONS/AGREEMENTS
✔ Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property (1883)
✔ Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT), (1970)
✔ PCT Filing Process
✔ Fee Structure
✔ Advantages of the PCT
✔ Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganism for Patent Procedure, (1977)
✔ Trademark Law Treaty (TLT), (1994)
✔ Registration of Trademark
✔ Changes After Registration
✔ Renewal of Trademark
✔ Patent Law Treaty (PLT), (2000)
✔ Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks, (2006)
✔ Washington Treaty on Intellectual Property in Respect of Integrated Circuits, (1989)
✔ Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances, (2012)
✔ Marrakesh VIP Treaty, (2013)
✔ Nairobi Treaty on the Protection of the Olympic Symbol, (1981)
✔ Brussels Convention Relating to the Distribution of Programme-Carrying Signals Transmitted by Satellite, (1974)
✔ Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks (1891) and the Protocol Relating to that Agreement, (1989)
✔ International Application Filing Procedure and Requirements
✔ Validity of the International Registration
✔ Agreement for International Registration of Industrial Designs (AIRD), (1925)
✔ Filing for the Protection of Industrial Designs
✔ Advantages
✔ Nice Agreement for the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks, (1957)
✔ Lisbon Agreement for the Protection of Appellations of Origin and their International Registration, (1958)
✔ Locarno Agreement Establishing an International Classification for Industrial Designs, (1968)
✔ Strasbourg Agreement Concerning the International Patent Classification, (1971)
✔ Advantages of IPC over Keywords
✔ Disadvantages of IPC over keywords
✔ Rome Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organisations, (1961)
✔ Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works, (1886)
✔ Geneva Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms against Unauthorized Duplication of their Phonograms, (1971)
✔ WIPO Copyright Treaty (WCT), (1996)
✔ WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty (WPPT), (1996)
✔ Performers’ Rights
✔ Producers’ Rights
✔ Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) Agreement, (1995)
✔ Introduction
✔ Main features of TRIPS
✔ Substantive Standards of IP protection
✔ Patents
✔ Copyrights
✔ Trademarks
✔ Geographical Indications
✔ Industrial Designs
✔ Layout-Designs of Integrated Circuits
✔ Protection of Undisclosed Information
✔ ‘TRIPS Plus’
✔ Impact of TRIPS on Relevant Indian Legislation
• IP ORGANIZATIONS IN INDIA
✔ Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), New Delhi
✔ Intellectual Property Appellate Board and its Amendment
✔ Draft Model Guidelines on Implementation of IPR Policy for Academic Institutions
✔ Scheme for Facilitating Start-ups Intellectual Property Protection (SIPP)
✔ Office of the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks (CGPDTM)
✔ IPO Website
✔ International Searching Authority (ISA) and International Preliminary Examination Authority (IPEA)
✔ Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Intellectual Property Management (RGNIIPM)
✔ Cell for IPR Promotion and Management (CIPAM)
✔ IPR Awareness in the Industry & MSME
✔ Training Program for Enforcement Agencies
✔ Statistical Data on IPR
✔ National Research Development Corporation (NRDC), New Delhi
✔ Intellectual Property Facilitation Centre (IPFC)
✔ Intellectual Property Management Division (IPMD)
✔ Start-ups IP Protection (SIPP)
✔ IPR Awareness
✔ Innovation Facilitation Centres (IFCs)
✔ Outreach Activities
✔ Schemes and Programmes
✔ IP Consultancies
✔ Technology Landscaping
✔ Programme for Inspiring Inventors and Innovators
✔ Programme for Development of Technology Inspiring for Commercialization
✔ ASEAN-India
✔ Technology Information Forecasting and Assessment Council (TIFAC), New Delhi
✔ Patent Facilitation Centre
• INDIAN WEB-PORTALS FOR PATENTS AND TECHNOLOGIES
• A STUDY ON PATENTS (GRANTED & COMMERCIALIZED) BY INSTITUTES OF HIGHER LEARNING AND NATIONAL RESEARCH LABS OF INDIA
✔ Global Ranking of Select Asian Countries
✔ Patents and Publication Profile of Indian Institutes
✔ Commercialization of Patents
✔ Common Reasons for Non-Working Patents
• EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
✔ WIPO e-Learning Centre – A Global Online Platform
✔ Other Online Platforms Offering Courses in IP
✔ Suggestive Readings
✔ Policy, Acts & Rules
✔ Manuals
✔ Reports
✔ Books
✔ Open Access Websites/Portals
• SUMMARY OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
✔ Patents
✔ Copyrights and Related Rights
✔ Trademarks
✔ Industrial Designs
✔ Geographical Indications
✔ Trade Secrets
✔ Traditional Knowledge
✔ Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout Design
✔ Protection of Plant Varieties and Plant Breeders Rights
✔ National Biodiversity Authority