LL.M. (Two Years) Conceptual Study of Industrial and Intellectual Property Rights Syllabus - KSLU 2026

• III. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS BRANCH
• SPECIALISATION PAPER-1: CONCEPTUAL STUDY OF INDUSTRIAL AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
• Objectives: The objective of study of this paper is that it is required to understand the concepts of property in different forms at different times taking account the industrialisation and post-industrialisation era in which a shifting change has occurred in the concept and meaning of property and specifically the intellectual property.

The Course Content is as follows:

• UNIT: I - Meaning and definition of concept of property; evolution concept of property at different times and places, meaning and definition of industrial and intellectual property, comparison and distinction between the industrial and intellectual property.
• UNIT - II: Nature and features of industrial and intellectual property, different types of industrial and intellectual property.
• UNIT - III: The international legal regime governing industrial and intellectual property such as Paris Convention, TRIPs Agreement of GATT/WTO, UPOV, PLT and SPLT the international institutions governing the industrial and intellectual property such as WIPO, WTO, UPOV and TRIPs Council.
• UNIT - IV: The national legal regime governing industrial property and intellectual property such as salient features of the Copyright Act, 1957, the Patents Act, 1970, the Trade Marks Act, 1999, Designs Act, 2000, Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout Designs Act, 2000 and the Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act, 1999.
• UNIT - V: The importance of the study of industrial and intellectual property, impact of the industrial and intellectual property such as monopolisation of market, abuse of market, anti-competition, impact on socio-economic conditions of the nations, impact on small and medium-scale industries, impact on village and cottage industry, impact on traditional life styles, indigenous peoples and farmers, impact on culture and religion.

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