Revised with Updated and Amended Statutes)

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Description
With the fast-growing computer technology, internet, information storage through computer databases, cyberspace and information technology, the laws relating to patents, designs, trade marks, copyrights, confidential information, industrial & trade secrets and know-how, have undergone revolutionary changes, on our parliament passing the trade marks act 1999, the geographical indications of goods act 1999. The designs act 2000, the information technology act 2000. The semiconductor integrated circuits layout-design act 2000, the patents (amendment) acts of 2002 & 2005, the trade marks (amendment) act 2010 and the copyright (amendment) act 2012. The protection of plant varieties and farmers' rights act 2001, brings further areas of creative activity under the protection of intellectual property laws.
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Contents
Part I – Patents
Chapter 1.    Introduction
Chapter 2.    How to Obtain a Patent
Chapter 3.    Product Patents in respect of Medicine and Drug
Chapter 4.    Specification
Chapter 5.    Opposition Proceedings to Grant of Patents
Chapter 6.    Register of Patents and Patent Office
Chapter 7.    Rights and Obligations of Patentee
Chapter 8.    Transfer of Patent Rights
Chapter 9.    Compulsory Licences, Licences of Right & Revocation for non-working
Chapter 10.  Government use of Inventions
Chapter 11.  Revocation and Surrender of Patents
Chapter 12.  Infringement of Patents
Chapter 13.  Threat of Infringement Proceedings
Chapter 14.  Offences and Penalties and Miscellaneous Matters
Chapter 15.  The Patents (Amendment) Act 2005
Part II – Industrial Designs
Chapter 16.  Industrial Designs
Part III – Trade Marks
Chapter 17.  Introduction
Chapter 18.  Trade Marks Registry and Register of Trade Marks
Chapter 19.  Property in a Trade Mark and Registration of Trade Marks
Chapter 20.  Similar, Near Resemblance and Deceptively Similar
Chapter 21.  Assignment and Transmission
Chapter 22.  Licensing of Trade Marks and Registered Users
Chapter 23.  Rectification of Register
Chapter 24.  Infringement, Threat and Trade Libel
Chapter 25.  Goodwill
Chapter 26.  Passing off
Chapter 27.  Offences and Penalties
Chapter 28.  Miscellaneous Matters
Part IV - Copyright
Salient Features of the Copyright (Amendment)Act 2012
Chapter 29.  Introduction
Chapter 30.  Nature of Copyright
Chapter 31.  Subject-matter of Copyright
Chapter 32.  Term of Copyright
Chapter 33.  Author and Ownership of Copyright
Chapter 34.  Rights Conferred by Copyright
Chapter 35.  Rights of Broadcasting Organisations and of Performers
Chapter 36.  Assignment, Transmission and Relinquishment of Copyright
Chapter 37.  Licences
Chapter 38.  Publication and Public
Chapter 39.  Infringement of Copyright
Chapter 40.  Remedies against Infringement of Copyright
Chapter 41.  International Copyright
Chapter 42.  Copyright Societies
Chapter 43.  Copyright Office, Copyright Board, Registration of Copyright & Appeals
Part V – Confidential Information
Chapter 44.  Confidential Information, Breach of Confidence & Know-how
Chapter 45.  New Acts relating to Intellectual Property
Appendices
Appendix 1   The Patents Act, 1970
Appendix 2   The Designs Act, 2000
Appendix 3   The Trade Marks Act, 1999
Appendix 4   The Copyright Act, 1957
Appendix 5   Ratification of Paris Convention
Appendix 6   Trips Agreement (Extracts)
Appendix 7   GATT (Extracts)
Index
Table of Cases
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Author Details
P. Narayanan, M.A., LL.B, Advocate
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