Intellectual Property Rights - A Primer

Erscheinungsjahr 2009
ISBN: 978-81-7012-657-7
Verlag: EBC

Buch, Englisch, 229 Seiten

This work is a brief commentary on the law relating to Intellectual Property Rights. Intellectual property comprises all the products of the human intellect, namely books, inventions, paintings, music, designs, and models.

The authors, in this work, seek to provide elementary knowledge of intellectual property rights and their protection. This book encompasses Patents, Trade Mark and Service Mark, Geographical Indications, Industrial Designs, Copyright and related rights, Protection of new Plant Varieties etc. Salient features of the WTO Dispute Settlement Mechanism, the vision of a Global IPR Order, means of tackling software piracy and IPR Enforcement, WIPO, and the TRIPS agreement, have also been studied.

Who needs to read this book?

Intellectual Property Rights- A Primer is packed with indispensable information for:

* The General Public
* Law Schools that teach intellectual property rights
* Associates dealing with IPR
* Lawyers dealing with IPR issues
* Associations involved in IPR issues

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rao, R. Anita

Rao, V. Bhanoji

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationaler Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz, Medien-, IT- und Urheberrecht
• Rechtswissenschaften Ausländisches Recht Common Law (UK, USA, Australien u.a.)
• Rechtswissenschaften Ausländisches Recht Asien (inkl. Türkei und Naher Osten)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

# Introduction

* Inventions: History in Brief
* Need to Protect Inventor Interests
* IPR: Meaning and Significance
* IPR: International Co-ordination
* About the Book

# Global Initiatives for Intellectual Property Protection

* Introduction
* Intellectual Property and its Protection
* Patents
* Trade Mark and Service Mark
* Geographical Indications
* Industrial Designs
* Layout Designs of Integrated Circuits
* Copyright and related rights
* Protection of New Plant Varieties
* International Cooperation

# Global Patent and other IPR Statistics: Trends and Implications

* Sources of Statistics
* Global Patenting Trends
* Trade Marks, Utility Models and Industrial Designs
* Plant Varieties and Micro Organisms

# Framework for Patenting: Selected Country Scenarios

* Introduction
* U.S.A.
* Europe
* Japan
* India
* Comparative Perspectives
* Annexure- A. Glossary of important terms B. Indian IPR other than patents

# Study of Selected Legal Cases

* The Turmeric (Curcumaiongal Zingiberacea)
* The Neem (Azadirachta Indica)
* Basmati (Oryza Sativa)
* Patenting of Wheat Grain
* Patent protection for Pharmaceutical and Agricultural Chemical Products - Mail box provisions
* Annexure- Salient Features of the WTO Dispute Settlement Mechanism

# Towards a Global IPR Order

* Rationale for IPR
* IPR Enforcement
* Tackling Software Piracy: Possible Policy Initiatives
* A Vision for WIPO
* Annexure- Main points of the TRIPS Agreement

# Bibliography