Intellectual Property Rights detailed syllabus for Industrial Engineering & Management (IEM) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the IEM students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For Industrial Engineering & Management 6th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit IEM 6th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Professional Elective-VIII scheme and its subjects refer to IEM Professional Elective-VIII syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of intellectual property rights is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
INTRODUCTION 9
Introduction to IPRs, Basic concepts and need for Intellectual Property – Patents, Copyrights, Geographical Indications, IPR in India and Abroad – Genesis and Development – the way from WTO to WIPO -TRIPS, Nature of Intellectual Property, Industrial Property, technological Research, Inventions and Innovations – Important examples of IPR.
Unit II
REGISTRATION OF IPRs 9
Meaning and practical aspects of registration of Copy Rights, Trademarks, Patents, Geographical Indications, Trade Secrets and Industrial Design registration in India and Abroad
Unit III
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Unit IV
DIGITAL PRODUCTS AND LAW 9
Digital Innovations and Developments as Knowledge Assets – IP Laws, Cyber Law and Digital ContentProtection – Unfair Competition – Meaning and Relationship between Unfair Competition and IP Laws – Case Studies.
Unit V
ENFORCEMENT OF IPRs 9
Infringement of IPRs, Enforcement Measures, Emerging issues – Case Studies.
Course Outcomes:
- Understanding the basic concepts of IPR
- Learning the basic concepts of Registrations of IPRs
- Studying the concepts of Agreements And Legislations
- Applying the knowledge of digital products andlaw
- Applying the concepts of enforcement of IPRs
Text Books:
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Reference Books:
- Deborah E. Bouchoux, “Intellectual Property: The Law of Trademarks, Copyrights, Patents andTrade Secrets”, Cengage Learning, Third Edition, 2012.
- Edited by Derek Bosworth and Elizabeth Webster, The Management of Intellectual Property,Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., 2013.
- Prabuddha Ganguli,”Intellectual Property Rights: Unleashing the Knowledge Economy”, McGrawHill Education, 2011.
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