OBA433 Intellectual Property Rights Syllabus:

OBA433 Intellectual Property Rights Syllabus – Anna University PG Syllabus Regulation 2021

COURSE OBJECTIVE

 To understand intellectual property rights and its valuation.

UNIT I INTRODUCTION

Intellectual property rights – Introduction, Basic concepts, Patents, Copyrights, Trademarks, Trade Secrets, Geographic Indicators; Nature of Intellectual Property, Technological Research, Inventions and Innovations, History – the way from WTO to WIPO, TRIPS.

UNIT II PROCESS

New Developments in IPR, Procedure for grant of Patents, TM, GIs, Patenting under Patent Cooperation Treaty, Administration of Patent system in India, Patenting in foreign countries.

UNIT III STATUTES

International Treaties and conventions on IPRs, The TRIPs Agreement, PCT Agreement, The Patent Act of India, Patent Amendment Act (2005), Design Act, Trademark Act, Geographical Indication Act, Bayh- Dole Act and Issues of Academic Entrepreneurship.

UNIT IV STRATEGIES IN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Strategies for investing in R&D, Patent Information and databases, IPR strength in India, Traditional Knowledge, Case studies.

UNIT V MODELS

The technologies Know-how, concept of ownership, Significance of IP in Value Creation, IP Valuation and IP Valuation Models, Application of Real Option Model in Strategic Decision Making, Transfer and Licensing.

COURSE OUTCOMES

CO1: Understanding of intellectual property and appreciation of the need to protect it
CO2: Awareness about the process of patenting
CO3: Understanding of the statutes related to IPR
CO4: Ability to apply strategies to protect intellectual property
CO5: Ability to apply models for making strategic decisions related to IPR

REFERENCES

1. V. Sople Vinod, Managing Intellectual Property by (Prentice hall of India Pvt.Ltd), 2006.
2. Intellectual Property rights and copyrights, EssEss Publications.
3. Primer, R. Anita Rao and Bhanoji Rao, Intellectual Property Rights, Lastain Book company.
4.Edited by Derek Bosworth and Elizabeth Webster, The Management of Intellectual Property, Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., 2006.
5. WIPO Intellectual Property Hand book.