Intellectual Property Law and Practice

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Description
Intellectual Property: Law and Practice by Dr. Elizabeth Verkey is an authoritative and comprehensive account of Intellectual Property Law. It gives the readers a thorough understanding of the subject and discusses the law of copyright, trade marks, patents, plant variety protection, geographical indications, designs, biological diversity and trade secrets both at national and international level.
The notable features of the book are:
1.   Cases from jurisdictions across the world discussed.
2.   Step by step information on registration of intellectual property.
3.   Laws of procedure in infringement cases have been discussed.
4.   Contains illustrations of copyright, trade marks, geographical indications which
      visually clarify the disputes involved.
The book also includes the entire statutory material in the sphere of intellectual property. Due to limitation of space only the substantive Acts and Rules have been included in the appendices of the book. Other statutory materials are being provided in the CD accompanied with this book.
The book will be invaluable for Indian practitioners, practitioners from foreign jurisdiction intending to initiate infringement action in India or defend a case, judges, law students and all those interested in studying Intellectual Property Law.
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Contents
1.   Introduction
2.   Copyright
3.   Trade Marks
4.   Patents
5.   Plant Variety Protection   
6.   Biological Diversity
7.   Geographical Indications
8.   Designs Act
9.   Protecting Trade Secrets
10.  Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design
11.  Indian Litigation Practice
12.  Procedure for Registration
Appendices
1.  Copyright Act, 1957
2.  Copyright Rules, 2013 
3.  Trade Marks Act, 1999
4.  Trade Marks Rules, 2002
5.  Patents Act, 1970  
6.  Patents Rules, 2003  
7.  Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act, 1999
8.  Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers' Rights Act, 2001  
9.  Designs Act, 2000
Subject Index
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Author Details
Dr. Elizabeth Verkey, Advocate, High Court of Kerala, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Recipient, Visiting Research Fellowship, AHRC Research Centre for Studies in Intellectual and Technology Law, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland ESRC Genomics Forum, University of Edinburgh, Scotland.
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