Intellectual Property Rights and the Law (Revised and Enlarged)

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Description
Intellectual Property is specially created and recognised in law inspite of its monopolistic nature, as a result of the transformation of material - based society into a knowledge -based society. This book is an endeavour to introduce the subject of Intellectual Property Rights and the Law relating thereto. It contains a lucid commentary on the emergence of Intellecutal Property Rights (IPR) and the Legal Regime at International level and National level. There are altogether nine chapters in this book which deal with the copyrights, Trade marks, Designs, Traditional knowledge and Geographical Indications of Goods etc. Sincere efforts have been made to update the law, case law as well as the global efforts to protect Intellectual Property Rights. The highlights of this edition are (1) Introduction of a new and comprehensive chapter on Traditional Knowledge (2) Revision of the appendix to incorporate relevant provisions of the new laws like the Biological Diversity Act, 2002 the Information Technology Act, 2000, the Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers' Rights Act 2001, and (3) Inclusion of a very useful glossary of various expressions in the field of IPR. Further all the relevant cases reported up to the end of June 2014 have been discussed at appropriate places. On the whole, this edition represents a complete work on IPRs with many unique features like the discussion on the concept of property, intellectual property, international regime and a very useful appendix, bibliography and list of useful web-sites. This is a humble attempt to demystify and depoliticise the IPRs. This book will be of great use to the students, the law teachers, practitioner of IPR law and also the authorities concerned
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Contents
Chapter 1:    Introduction to the Concept of Property
Chapter 2:    Introduction to Intellectual Property
Chapter 3:    International Regime of Intellectual Property Rights
Chapter 4:    Law Relating to Copyright in India
Chapter 5:    Law Relating to Patents in India
Chapter 6:    Law Relating to Trade Marks
Chapter 7:    Law Relating to Designs in India
Chapter 8:    Intellectual Property Rights and other Emerging Areas
Appendix 1 - 13
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Author Details
Dr. G.B. Reddy is a lawyer turned academician. He practiced in the High Court of Andhra Pradesh for about seven years before joining the Faculty of Law Osmania University, Hyderabad. He obtained his LL.B., LL.M. and Ph.D. degrees in law from Osmania University, Hyderabad. His area of specialization is Constitutional Law in LL.M. and Judicial Activism in Ph.D. He has specialized knowledge in the area of Intellectual Property as an independent researcher, research supervisor, publisher and teacher for well over a decade. He also obtained P. G. Diploma in Human Rights from University of Hyderabad. He has had a brilliant academic record with three Gold Medals in LL.B. and one Gold Medal in LL.M.(Constitutional Law) apart from being the first candidate to have qualified for UGC-JRF in Law from Osmania University in 1993. He authored 18 well received books on law including Women and Law, Intellectual Property Rights and Law, Copyright Law in India, Consumer Protection and the Law Practical Advocacy of Law and Right to Information and Law. He also edited two books on Indian Constitution and Indian Judiciary. Two of his books namely "Women and Law" and "Judicial Activism in India" (1st Ed) have been reviewed favorably in the Book Review section of the Hindu by eminent jurist and Justice V.R. Krishna lyer. Many of his books have been prescribed as text books in various universities and other educational institutions. He also published more than 50 research papers on law published in standard National and International journals. He has rich experience as an academic planner and administrator. He has been a visiting faculty at several institutions of repute like A.P. Judicial Academy, CCRT NAARM, A.P. Police Academy, National Police Academy, Dr. MCRHRDI of A.P. & ICADR and several University Academic Staff Colleges.
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