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LL.B. (Three Years) Intellectual Property Rights Syllabus - SPPU 2026

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Semester 1 · First Year · Generic elective course · 4 credits

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Syllabus for Intellectual Property Rights

Semester 1 · First Year · Generic elective course · 4 credits

Objectives of the Course

  • This course is designed with the objective to acquaint the students with the basic understanding of intellectual properties and the laws created for their protection. It will also discuss the impact of international instruments on intellectual properties on our domestic laws and aims at sensitizing the students about the current legal issues in the field of intellectual property at national level.

Module 01: Understanding Intellectual Property

  • 1. Meaning and Theories for Justification of Intellectual Property
  • 2. History and Origins of Intellectual Property
  • 3. Internationalization of IP Protection: Paris Convention for Protection of Industrial Property, Berne Convention for Protection of Literary and Artistic Works, and the TRIPS Agreement
  • 4. International Agencies for Coordination of IP Protection: WIPO and WTO

Module 02: Copyright and Neighbouring Rights

  • 1. Understanding Copyright: Meaning of Originality, and the Idea Expression Dichotomy
  • 2. Understanding Neighbouring Rights: Performers’ Rights and Broadcasting Organizations’ rights under the Rome Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organisations (1961) and the WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty
  • 3. Copyright and Neighbouring Rights under the TRIPS Agreement: Article 9 - 14
  • 4. The Indian Copyright Act, 1957: Definitions, Subject matter of Copyright, Authorship and Ownership of Copyright. Registration of Copyright, Term of Copyright, Assignment, Transmission, Licenses (Compulsory, Statutory, and Voluntary)
  • 5. Copyright Societies and Recognition of International Copyright under the Indian Copyright Act
  • 6. Economic and Moral Rights Conferred by Copyright, Exceptions to Copyright Protection
  • 7. Direct and Indirect Infringement of Copyright, Technological Protection Measures and Digital Rights Management, Plagiarism vs Copyright infringement, Remedies against Infringement
  • 8. Rights of Performers, Phonograms & Broadcasts, Moral Rights of Author

Module 03: Patents

  • 1. Understanding Patents: Meaning and Eligibility Criteria (Patentable and Non-Patentable Inventions)
  • 2. TRIPS Agreement on Patents: Article 27 - 34,
  • 3. Convention Application, PCT International Application, and Budapest Treaty
  • 4. The Patents Act, 1970: Procedure for Grant of a Patent, Pre and Post grant opposition, term of patent, Patent of Addition
  • 5. Rights and Obligation of Patentee, Revocation and surrender of Patent.
  • 6. Assignments and Licensing of Patents including Compulsory Licenses, Governmental Use of Patents
  • 7. Infringement of Patent & Remedies
  • 8. Controller of Patents, Patent Agents

Module 04: Trademarks

  • 1. Understanding Trademark: Meaning and Eligibility Criteria
  • 2. TRIPS Agreement on Trademark: Article 15 - 21
  • 3. Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Trademark and Nice Classification
  • 4. Trademarks Act 1999: Absolute and Relative Grounds of Refusal, Procedure of Registration, Duration, Renewal, Removal & Restoration of Trademark
  • 5. Non-conventional trademarks, Protection of Domain Names
  • 6. Effect of Registration, Infringement & Passing-off, Exceptions and Remedies
  • 7. Parallel Importation
  • 8. Licenses, Assignment and Transmission

Module 05: Industrial Designs

  • 1. Understanding Industrial Designs: Meaning and Eligibility Criteria
  • 2. TRIPS Agreement on Industrial Designs: Articles 25 and 26
  • 3. Hague Agreement Concerning International Registration of Industrial Designs
  • 4. The Designs Act 2000: Registration of Designs, Procedure of Registration, Term of Designs
  • 5. Restoration & Cancellation of Registered Registration
  • 6. Rights of Design Holders, Piracy of Registered Designs & Remedies

Module 06: Geographical Indications

  • 1. Understanding GI: Meaning, Definition, and Eligibility Criteria
  • 2. TRIPS Agreement on GI: Article 22 - 24
  • 3. Lisbon Agreement for the Protection of Appellations of Origin and their International Registration 1958
  • 4. Distinction between Geographical Indications and Trademarks
  • 5. Registration of GI, Effect of Registration, Rights and Remedies

Module 07: Protection of other Types of Intellectual Property Rights

  • 1. Layout Designs/Topographies Integrated Circuits
  • 2. Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Rights
  • 3. Protection of Confidential Information & Trade Secrets
  • 4. Protection of Traditional Knowledge and Biodiversity

Suggested Readings

  • 1. Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (2nd Edition): A Commentary on the TRIPS Agreement, Carlos Maria Correa, Oxford University Press, (2020).
  • 2. Intellectual Property Rights in the WTO and Developing Countries, Jayashree Watal, Kluwer Law International, (2002).
  • 3. Overlapping Intellectual Property Rights, by Neil Wilkof, Shamnad Basheer, Oxford University Press, (2013)
  • 4. Diversity in Intellectual Property: Identities, Interests, and Intersections, Srividhya Raghavan, Cambridge University Press, (2015)
  • 5. Tamali Sen Gupta, Intellectual Property Law in India, Wolters Kluwer, Law & Business (2011)
  • 6. Brainbridge, Intellectual property. New Delhi: Pearson Education (Singapore) Pvt. Ltd.
  • 7. Choudhary D. N., Evolution of patent Laws. New Delhi: Capital Law House.
  • 8. William Cornish & David LLewelyn, Intellectual Property: Patents, Copyright, Trade Marks, and Allied Rights. London: Sweet and Maxwell.
  • 9. Epstein M A, Epstein on Intellectual property (Indian Reprint). New Delhi: Wolters Kluwer Law and Business.
  • 10. Intellectual Property, Elizabeth Verkey and Jithin Saji Isaac, Eastern Book Company,
  • 2021.
  • 11. Gopalkrishnan N S, & Agitha T G, Principles of Intellectual property. Luckhnow: Estern Book Company.
  • 12. Kankanala K C, Genetic Patent Law and Strategy. Noida, India: Manupatra Information Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
  • 13. Rama Sarma, Commentary on Intellectual property Laws, Vol.2. Nagpur: Lexis Nexis Butterworths Wadhawa.
  • 14. Prabuddha Ganguli, Gearing up for Patents - The Indian Scenario, The Universal Law Publishing.
  • 15. Parmeswaran Narayanan, Intellectual Property Law, Eastern Law House.
  • 16. Intellectual Property Rights - A Textbook on IPR (Intellectual Property Rights), by Dr. Rakesh Kumar Singh, Arunabha Banerjee, LexWorth (2022).
  • 17. B L Wadehra, Law Relating to Intellectual Property: Patents, Trademarks, Designs and Geological Indications, etc.
  • 18. Robert Merges & John Duffy, Patent Law and Policy: Cases and Materials, 2017.
  • 19. Feroz Ali Khader, The Law of Patents - With a special focus on Pharmaceuticals in India, Lexis Nexis Butterworths Wadhwa, Nagpur.
  • 20. Lionel Bentley & Brad Sherman, Intellectual Property Law, Oxford University Press.
  • 21. Gregory Stobbs, Software Patents Worldwide, Wolters Kluwer.
  • 22. Ahuja V K, Law Relating to Intellectual Property Rights (LexisNexis, New Delhi, 2017)
  • 23. Reddy G B, Intellectual Property Rights and the Law (Gogia Law Agency, Hyderabad)

Reproduced from the Savitribai Phule Pune University Revised CBCS Rule and Syllabus for LL.B., the 2023 pattern as amended on 18 July 2024. Wording is as printed in that syllabus. Module numbering is as printed there too.

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