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Duration
Topics Covered
20 Days
Module I, II, Study material
1 Month
Module I, II, III, Study Material.
2 Months
Module I, II, III, IV, Study material, Project Submission.
3 Months
Module I, II, III, IV, Project Work Submission, 5 Mock tests for Indian Patent examination, Previous Years Indian Patent examination papers.

 
 
 

Module I - Introduction to IPR and Patent Laws
I. Intellectual Property Rights
· Introduction
· History of Patent Protection
· Biotechnology and IPR
II. An Overview of the IPR Regime
· The Industrial Property System
· Patents
· Trademarks
· Copyrights
· Industrial Designs
· Trade Secrets
III. Definition and Content of Patents System
· Definition of Patents 
· TRIPS Definition
· Various kinds of patent systems
· Inventions and invention excluded from patentability
· Process and product patent
· Acquiring a patent
· Method of getting a patent
·  Patent specification
· Patent claims
V. Enforcement of Patents
· Term of a patent
· Working of a patent
· Compulsory Licensing
· Licenses of right
· Obligations of a Patentee
VI. Exploitation of Patents.
· Rights of the Patentee
· Infringement & remedies
· Literal Infringement
· Infringement by Equivalents – Doctrine of equivalents.
· Defenses to Infringement.
VII. Abuse of Patents
· Statement on Working of Patents
· Voluntary Licensing & Compulsory Licensing
· Licenses of Right
· The Concepts of meeting "Reasonable requirement of the public at    reasonable cost –
· Revocation of Patents
 
Module II.Biotechnology and Intellectual Property Rights
· Biotechnology and the IPR Law
· Evolution of IPR and Patent Laws in Biotechnology
· Patentability criteria in Biotechnology.
· Patenting Biotechnology Inventions- Objective
· Concept of Novelty
· Concept of inventive step
· Patenting of micro-organisms
· Moral Issues in patenting Biotechnological Inventions
· Plant Varieties Protection- Objectives, Justification, Treaties.
· Bio Prospecting
· Bio Piracy
· Sui- Generis Regime
 
Module III - Patenting in India
I. Legislations and Salient Features
· Indian Patents Act 1970
· Patent Amendment Act 2005
· WTO TRIPS - Indian  Legislation
II. Patent Search
· Patent Offices in India
· Patent Information and Databases
· Search methods/tools
· Patent Information Centres
· Advantages of patent search
· International Patent classification Patent search
III. Procedures for Patent Applications
· Patentability
· Exclusions from Patentability
· Acquisition of patents
· Preparation of Patent Specification
· Patent Office procedure
· Construction of patent claims
IV.Drafting of Patents 
 
V.Patent Infringement 
Module IV - American & European Patent Regimes
I. US Patent Regime
· Title 37 CFR
· Patentability
· Utility
· Novelty
· Non obviousness
· Patent specification – Best Mode
II. European Patent Regime
· European patent convention
· Patentable inventions in European Patent systems
· History of the Broad Definition of Patentability
· Final form of European Patent system Development of EPO Practice in   Relation to Software Industries
III. Business Model Patents -  Biotech Patents
V.Patentability of Life Forms 
 
Module IV - International Treaties/Conventions on IPR
I. Paris Convention
· Background  
· Salient features of Paris Convention
· Governing Rules of Paris convention
II. World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
 · Background
· Salient features of WIPO
· Organization of WIPO
III. World Trade Organization
·  Evolution of WTO
· Organization of WTO
IV. TRIPS Agreement
· Background
· Salient Features of TRIPS
· TRIPS and Indian IPR
· TRIPS and PARIS Convention – a comparison.
V. Patent Co-operation Treaty
·  Background
·  Objectives of PCT
·  Salient features of PCT
VI. Budapest Treaty 
VII. Convention of Bio-Diversity 
VIII. Madrid Agreement 
 
Projects
Preparation of Patent Specifications
Patentability of Software & Biotechnology related inventions
Licenses of Right
Infringement Issues in Patents
 
 

 

 

 
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