B.A. LL.B. (Five Years) Sem 10 Intellectual Property Rights II 2020 Nov Question Paper - KSLU

Questions asked in this paper

1. Q1 Explain the works in which copyright subsists.
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2. Q2 Explain the conditions and the procedure observed in the registration of designs.
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3. Q3 Discuss plant breeder's, researcher's and community rights. State the exceptions.
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4. Q4 Explain the object of 'Berne Convention'.
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5. Q5 What constitutes infringement ? What are the remedies available for infringement ? Explain.
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6. Q6 State the important features of Convention of Biological Diversity (CBD) 1961.
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7. Q7 Describe the various modes of transfer of copyright.
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8. Q8 What is infringement of copyright ? Explain the remedies.
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9. Q9 Explain the constitution, powers and functions of National Bio-diversity Authority.
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Write short notes on any two of the following :

1. Q10 (a) Bio piracy.
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2. Q10 (b) National Gene Fund.
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3. Q10 (c) Computer software and copyright.
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Solve any two problems of the following :

1. Q11 (a) One company manufactured globes mounted on wooden frame, the other manufactures globes mounted on gold frames, the structures of the mount remaining the same. The second company claims a copyright in the design asserting the novelty and originality of the gold frame. Can the company get a copyright in such a design ?
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2. Q11 (b) A work of fiction is written by 'X', 'Y' reads the work and author work carrying 10 chapters of the previous book which have been paraphrased by him though marginally. Whether 'Y' has infringed the right's of 'X' ?
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3. Q11 (c) 'A' had borrowed a part of speech which was only of two-and-half minutes duration in a three hour film. State whether A's act amounts to infringement.
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