Seminar on IPR
March 26, 2010
A seminar of Intellectual Property Rights will be conducted at Asian School of Business, Technopark, Trivandrum, on Saturday, 27th March 2010.
Time: 11.30 a.m to 4 p.m.
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Seminar on IPR
A seminar of Intellectual Property Rights will be conducted at Asian School of Business, Technopark,
Can you post some more detaiils, especially about the speakers.
on March 27th, 2010The seminar will be led by Mr Sebastian Tharakan a well-known business law practitioner and trainer.
The venue is: Seminar Hall, Asian School of Business, Padmanabham building, Technopark, Kazhakuttam, Trivandrum – 695 581.
The broad outline of the the seminar:
The Seminar fits into a 4 hour schedule;
(2) The legal features / attributes of ‘property’ ;
(3) Differences between ‘physical / tangible’ property and ‘notional / intangible / intellectual property’ ;
(4) The concept of ‘notional property and the need and evolution of an IPR system for its legal protection;
(5) a ‘List’ of the major International Conventions / Conferences that have resulted in the establishment of the IPR law regime ;
(6) The ’10′ Contents of IPRs ;
(7) The nature / purpose of the IPR system ; The Two Theories of IPR System: (a) The Disclosure Theory ; & The Incentive Theory ; Rationale of IPR Protection : ‘monopoly to the inventor / innovator’
(8) The Indian patent law regime:
(a) What is a patent? ; Why apply for a patent ?
(b) The ‘legal tests / legal procedures’ for an inventor to obtain
a patent : a detailed description ;
(c) The legal rights and legal obligations of a Patentee ;
(d) The methods of commercial exploitation of patents: (i) own
exclusive use; (ii) Assignment of patents; (iii) Licensing of
patents; & (iv) Transmission of patents – what they mean and
how best to do them ;
(e) The meaning of the concept of ‘compulsory licensing’ –
under which circumstances it can be done, and how it is
done ;
(f) Revocation of Patent on the ground of ‘non-use’ – who can
apply and what are the possible consequences of an order of
revocation of patent ;
(g) The issue of ‘patenting of life forms / living organisms’ : the
landmark case of ‘Sydney Diamond v. Ananda Chakrabarty
(1980) ;
(h) The growing issues of international trade: tariff and
non-tariff trade barriers, illustrated by a ‘Case Study’ ;
(i) The origin of the GATT and its evolution into the WTO ;
(j) The TRIPS Agreement and its impact on Indian patent scenario ;
(k) Eight Case Laws on patents.
on March 27th, 2010You could have edited the post and pasted the information there itself.
on March 28th, 2010