Intellectual Property Law Specialist

  • Course Duration6 months
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  • Course Fee ₹ 12,500 + GST ₹ 10,000 + GST

Intellectual Property Law Specialist

Practical oriented course in Intellectual Property Law covering Copyright, Broadcasting rights, Reprographic Rights, Patents, Utility Models, Industrial Designs, Integrated Circuits, Trademarks, Trade Names, and Geographical Indications.

Eligibility: Graduate in any discipline.

Assessments: 100 mark online exam. Score at least 40% to pass. Take the exam anytime before 31-Dec-2023.

Last date for application: 15-MAY-2023

Did you know?
  • A reality show host, Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi tried to get her nickname "Snooki" trademarked. Shockingly, she lost the claim to a cat!! Snooki, the cat, is a fictional character from a children's book series.
  • Amazon has trumped Google and Apple to become the world's most valuable trademark - a mind boggling $315.5 billion!!
  • Non-Fungible Token (NFT) artist Beeple's Everydays: The First 5000 Days became the most expensive NFT ever to be sold at a whopping $69.3 million! NFTs are a new form of copyright!

This course is suitable for:

  • Lawyers
  • Law students
  • Business Owners
  • Employees of IP driven and media companies

Topics

Introduction to Intellectual Property

  • What is Intellectual Property?

Copyright Law

  • Introduction to Copyright Law
  • Meaning of Copyright
  • Eligibility for Copyright
  • Author and ownership
  • Rights conferred by Copyright
  • Limitation on Rights
  • Term of copyright
  • Administration of Copyright Law
  • Registration of copyright
  • Assignment of copyright
  • Licenses
  • Copyright Infringement
  • Remedies for Copyright Infringement
  • Offence under the Copyright Act
  • Introduction to Software Licenses
  • GNU General Public License

Copyright Law & Cyberspace

  • Understanding Computer Software
  • Computer Software & Copyright Law
  • Freeware Licenses
  • Windows License
  • Open Source Licenses
  • Creative Commons License
  • Computer Databases & the Law
  • Software under Copyright

Trademark Law

  • Introduction to Trademark Law
  • Functions of a trademark
  • Regulatory Framework for Trademarks
  • Essential requirements for registration of a trade mark
  • Categories of Trade Marks
  • Statutory Authorities for Trademarks
  • Registration of a Trademark
  • Licensing & Assignment of a trade mark
  • Certification Trade Mark
  • Collective Trade Marks
  • Trademark Infringement
  • Passing off
  • Trademark related concepts
  • Reliefs in trademark infringement and passing off suits

Trademark Law & Cyberspace

  • Domain name disputes
  • Domain Names & the Law
  • Trademark issues in Cyberspace

Patent Law

  • Introduction to Patent Law
  • Patent Administration
  • Patentable Subject Matter
  • Application for Patents
  • Compulsory licenses for Patents
  • Surrender and revocation of patents
  • Government use of Patents
  • Secrecy Directions for Patents
  • Infringement of patents
  • Amendment of Patents

Design, GI & Semiconductor Law

  • Introduction to Geographical Indications
  • Semiconductor Layout & Design Law

Library (IPR manuals, cases & case studies)

  • Library (IPR Manuals)
  • Library (IPR Cases)
  • Library (IPR Case Studies)

Teacher

Soni Singh

Ms. Soni Singh is a practicing lawyer and Founding Partner of the law firm VGA Legal, www.vgalegal.com. She specialises in Intellectual Property Laws, Corporate & Commercial Litigation and Competition Law.

Gokul Narayan

Gokul Narayan is the Chief Operations Officer of Asian School of Cyber Laws and a Mediator with the CAMP Arbitration and Mediation Pvt. Ltd, Bangalore. He holds a Masters degree in law from Symbiosis Law School, Pune. Gokul has been in the field of education as a faculty and an entrepreneur for over 15 years. He designs, curates, markets and delivers state-of-the-art legal courses, seminars, and workshops to students as well as working professionals. His areas of specialization include Cyber Law, Mediation, Arbitration and Intellectual Property Law.

He also loves playing badminton 🏸, cricket 🏏, listening to music 🎵 and going on long rides on one of his many bikes 🏍.

Rohas Nagpal

Rohas Nagpal is the co-founder of Asian School of Cyber Laws. Currently, he is the Chief Blockchain Architect of the Wrapped Asset Project and is building the Future Money Wallet and the Hybrid Finance (HyFi) Blockchain.