Intellectual Property Rights (Volume 1) - (Copyrights, Patents and Trademarks)

Description
Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) have grown into one of the world's biggest and fastest-growing fields of law crossing physical boundaries and have increased the demand for IP professionals to deal with (IPRS) cases across national and international borders. With the rapid growth of technological. scientific and medical innovation, new designs, marks, and logos, the importance of IPRs has increased manifold and IPR laws have become indispensable.
At the international level, WIPO and WTO have played a commendable role in the protection and promotion of IPRs by adopting various international instruments. The Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) of the World Trade Organization is one such example that has enhanced the protection and enforcement of IPRs to the level of solemn international commitment.
The domain of Intellectual Property is vast and Copyright, Patent, Trademark. Designs and Geographical Indications are some areas covered in these volumes. In India, several new legislations for the protection of intellectual property rights (IPRs) have been enacted to meet the international obligations under the WTO Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS).
For example, the Indian Copyright Act, 1957 is amended to make Indian law in tune with International Law and various technological developments. The latest amendment of Indian Law was done by the Copyright (Amendment) Act, 2012. The latest amendment in the Indian Patent Act, 1970 was done by the Patent (Amendment) Act, 2005. The Trade Marks (Amendment) Act, 2010 was enacted to amend The Indian Trade Marks Act, 1999 to make it in tune with International Law and various technological developments.
This book gives the reader a simplified insight into the various technical and legal issues of International and Indian law relating to IPRs in an easily understandable form. Simplified examples and landmark judicial decisions, both Indian and foreign, are referred to, to explain the concepts to the students.
I am sure the readers will find this book quite useful in their study - both 3 and 5 years LL.B. courses.
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Table of Contents
UNIT I
Copyright Act
Chapter 1Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs): International Law    
Chapter 2Copyright & International Law    
Chapter 3Indian Law Relating to Copyright: Preliminary    
Chapter 4Work in which Copyright Subsists & Meaning of Copyright    
Chapter 5Ownership of Copyright and Rights of the Owner    
Chapter 6Term of Copyright    
Chapter 7Licenses    
Chapter 8Copyright Societies    
Chapter 9Rights of Broadcasting Organisation and Performers    
Chapter 10International Copyright    
Chapter 11Copyright Office and Registration of Copyright    
Chapter 12Infringement of Copyright    
Chapter 13Civil Remedies    
Chapter 14Offences    
Chapter 15Appeals    
Chapter 16Miscellaneous    
UNIT II
Patents Act
Chapter 1Patent and International Law    
Chapter 2Indian Patent Law: Preliminary    
Chapter 3Inventions and Not Patentable    
Chapter 4Business Software Patents    
Chapter 5Applications for Patents    
Chapter 6International Arrangements    
Chapter 7Publication and Examination of Applications    
Chapter 8Opposition Proceedings to Grant of Patents    
Chapter 9Anticipation    
Chapter 10Provisions for Secrecy of Certain Inventions    
Chapter 11Grant of Patents and Rights Conferred Thereby    
Chapter 12Patents of Addition    
Chapter 13Amendment of Applications and Specifications    
Chapter 14Restoration of Lapsed Patents    
Chapter 15Surrender and Revocation of Patents    
Chapter 16Register of Patents    
Chapter 17Patent Office and its Establishment    
Chapter 18Powers of Controller Generally    
Chapter 19Working of Patents, Compulsory Licences, and Revocation    
Chapter 20Use of Inventions for Purposes of Government and Acquisition of Inventions by Central Government    
Chapter 21Suits Concerning Infringement of Patents    
Chapter 22Appeals    
Chapter 23Penalties    
Chapter 24Patent Agents    
UNIT III
Trademarks Act
Chapter 1Trademark and International Law    
Chapter 2The Trademarks Act, 1999: Preliminary    
Chapter 3The Registrar and Conditions for Registration    
Chapter 4Procedure for and Duration of Registration    
Chapter 5Effect of Registration & Infringement of Registered Trademark    
Chapter 6Passing off under trademark    
Chapter 7Assignment and Transmission    
Chapter 8Use of Trademarks and Registered Users    
Chapter 9Rectification and Correction of the Register    
Chapter 10Collective Marks    
Chapter 11Certification Trademarks    
Chapter 12Special Provisions for Textile Goods    
Chapter 13Appeal to High Court    
Chapter 14Offences, Penalties and Procedure    
Chapter 15Miscellaneous
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Author Details

Dr. Jyoti Rattan:, Professor, Department of Laws, Panjab University, Chandigarh, is a topper in Law and a Gold Medalist in LL.M, Ph.D. in Law and M.Sc. in Chemistry. Dr. Rattan has written 15 books in areas including International Law, Cyber law, Taxation Laws, Right to Information (RTI), Corporate Law, Law of Contract, Women and Law, published research articles in reputed journals in India and abroad, including Sage Open, on inter-disciplinary Legal and Administrative issues; presented papers and won awards at various national and international conferences including the 91st Indian Science Congress, 2004; 26th International Congress of Administrative Sciences (IIAS), Seoul, Korea, 2004; Third Regional International Conference; International Institute of Administrative Sciences (Belgium), Monterrey, Mexico, 2006; 27th International Congress of Administrative Sciences, Abu Dhabi, U.A.E., 2007: 2011 International Conference of the International Institute of Administrative Sciences (IIAS), Lausanne, Switzerland, 2011. Also, Dr. Rattan's papers have been selected for oral presentation at IASIA's Annual Conference, Bangkok, Thailand; Sth International Conference on Information Law, 2012 organised in Greece by the lonian University and the International Society for Ethics and Technology (INSEIT), United States; 13th International Winelands Conference 2012; Research Congress Centre of the Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study (STIAS), Mostertsdrift, Stellenbosch, South Africa, Istanbul 9th Academic Conference organised by the International Institute of Social and Economic Sciences, 2014 in Istanbul, Turkey; the 2014 IASIA Annual Conference on Good Governance: the Position of Students, Scholars and Practitioners, Port Elizabeth, South Africa: 2014 International Congress of IIAS, Ifrane, Morocco; 2018 Congress of the International Institute of Administrative Sciences (IIAS), Belgium, organized in Tunis, Tunisia, 2018; The 2017 European Group of Public Administration (EGPA) Annual Conference 30 August to 1 September, Milano, Italy, 2017 and gave presentation on Zoom at the 2020 European Group of Public Administration (EGPA) Virtual Conference on "The COVID-19 crisis-Lessons for the Courts", September 2020. Gave Zoom presentation on "Equal Treatment: Law Relating to Right to be Forgotten (RTBF): An Examination of Some Judicial Decisions with Special Reference to the European Union and India" at the 2022 EGPA World Conference, Lisbon, 6-9 September 2022; organised G20 National Seminar in Jan 2023 in collaboration with RIS & MEAS, GOI and PU G20 Youth International Seminar in March 2023 in collaboration with MYAS, GOI, as Nodal Officer of PU for G20 Presidency of India.