Property rights – (IPR) issues involved – Nature of IPR.
Ø Patents – Conditions for patents – Historical aspects of patents - Patents in India – case studies. Indian PatentAct – Facilitating patents – Intellectual Property
Ø Management Division (IPMD) under CSIR.
Ø Copy rights – History of copy right protection – Fair Dealing - copy right protection in India.
Ø Trade marks – purpose, importance, systems, trade mark protection.
Ø Geographical indications (GI) – benefits– protection of GI – national &international level – goods that can be protected under GI – procedure, violation of GI protection – examples.
Ø IPR on plant varieties –PPV& FR Act, 2001 .
Ø IPR on biological diversity – Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD,
Ø ICAR guidelines for IPR management. Biodiversity Act.
Ø Seed Bill – its impact
Ø Various treaties – their comparisons.
Ø IPR and participatory technology.
Ø Implications of IPR in commercializing products- biotechnological innovations etc.,
Suggested readings
Ø Chahal, G. S and Gosal, S. S. 2002. Principles and Procedures of Plant Breeding. Narosa Publishing House, New Delhi
Ø Maskus, K.E. (2000), Intellectual Property Rights in the Global Economy
Washington,D.C.: Institute for International Economics. 431
Ø Elsy, C.R., Jesy Thomas, K. and Mohandas, M. 2006. Primer on IPR in Agriculture. Kerala Agricultural University, Thrissur. p.36
Ø related websites