UNIQUE SERIES AKTU Syllabus
BCH058

Intellectual Property Rights &Standardization

L-T-P3-0-0 Credits3 Session2024-25 TypeTheory
Appears in 1 semester

B.Tech Chemical Engineering · Sem 5 (Departmental Elective-II)

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Syllabus

5 units · 40 lecture hours
Unit1

Unit 1: Overview of Intellectual Property

6 hrs

Definition, Nature, and Significance of IPR, Types of Intellectual Property: Patents, Trademarks, Quality marks / Certification marks, Copyrights, Trade Secrets, Geographical Indications, Plant Variety Protection, Protection Mechanism of Intellectual Property and Challenges in IP protection

Unit2

Unit 2: Patents

10 hrs

Introduction, Types, Patentability Criteria, Filing Process, patents in R&D, protection of chemical pharmaceutical and biotechnological inventions, Patent Rights and Infringement, Concept of quality mark and standardization, Development in quality mark, Quality Council of India and its role, National accreditation body NABCB (National accreditation board for certification bodies), benefits of accreditation, Important legislations: National and International

Unit3

Unit 3: Copyrights

8 hrs

Introduction, Types of work protected, Ownership and duration, Rights conferred by copyright, digital copyright. Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) and its role. Bharat stage emissions: Standard and Toxicity level with emission limits, technological advances for BS VI compliances, Geo Graphical Indication: Introduction, Purpose and Objectives, Key features, Legislations (National and International), World Trade Organization, Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights(TRIPS),

Unit4

Unit 4: Trademarks

6 hrs

Introduction to trademarks, Types of trademarks, Registration Processes of Trademarks, Certificate Marks(Like AG mark and ISI, Hallmark ECO mark, FPO mark etc), Vegetarian and Non Vegetarian Marks. Legislations (National and International like Indian trademark Act 1999) Plant Variety Protection: Introduction, Purpose and objective, Key Features, Legislations (National like Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Rights Act, 2001 and International)

Unit5

Unit 5: Other forms of IP Design

10 hrs

Management of intellectual property right,quality management systems(QMS), ISO-9000for manufacturing, ISO-14000 for environment, ISO-5000 for energy management systems, ISO-22000 for Food safety management systems(FSMS), Information security management system (ISMS), Cyber Law and Digital Content Protection-Unfair Competition-Meaning and Relationship between Unfair Competition IP Laws

Course Objectives4 points
  • To introduce fundamental aspects of Intellectual Property Rights to students who are going to play a major role in development and management of innovative projects in industries.
  • To disseminate knowledge on patents, patent regime in India and abroad, and registration aspects
  • To disseminate knowledge on copyrights and trademarks & registration
  • To aware about current trends in IPR and Government steps in fostering IPR
Course Outcomes (COs)7 outcomes

After completion of the course student will be able to:

  1. CO1Adequate knowledge on patent and copyright for their innovative research works
  2. CO2During their research career, information in patent documents provide useful insight on novelty of their idea from state-of-the art search.
  3. CO3Developing their idea or innovations
  4. CO4Pave the way for the students to catchup Intellectual Property as a career-option
  5. CO5Gives awareness of international standards to students
  6. CO6Understand Bharat Stage emission and standards (BS) CO/P O PO- 1 PO- 2 PO- 3 PO- 4 PO- 5 PO- 6 PO- 7 PO- 8 PO- 9 PO -10 PO -11 PO -12
  7. CO63 2 2 1 1 - - - - - - 2 Avg

REFERENCEBOOKS

  1. S.NO. NAME OF AUTHORS/BOOKS/PUBLISHERS YEAR OF PUBLICATION/ REPRINT
  2. Nithyananda, K V. “Intellectual Property Rights: Protection and Management”India, Cengage Learning India Private Limited. 2019
  3. Neeraj, P., & Khusdeep, D. Intellectual Property Rights. India, PHI learning Private Limited. 2014
  4. Ahuja, V K.. Lawrelating to Intellectual Property Rights. India, IN: LexisNexis. 2017
  5. Yadav P. N. "Handbook of Intellectual Property" IN: Bharti Law House 2019
  6. Joshi P.R. "Standardization and Intellectual Property Rights: A Critical Review" IN: Springer 2022 E-resources:
  7. Subramanian, N., & Sundararaman, M. (2018). Intellectual Property Rights – An Overview. Retrieved from http://www.bdu.ac.in/cells/ipr/docs/ipr-eng-ebook.pdf
  8. World Intellectual Property Organization. (2004). WIPO Intellectual property Handbook. Retrieved from https://www.wipo.int/edocs/pubdocs/en/intproperty/489/wipo_pub_489.pdf

Reference

  1. Journal:
  2. Journal of Intellectual Property Rights (JIPR): NISCAIR Useful Websites:
  3. Cell for IPR Promotion and Management(http://cipam.gov.in/)
  4. World Intellectual Property Organization (https://www.wipo.int/about-ip/en/)
  5. Office of the Controller General of Patents, Designs &Trademarks(http://www.ipindia.nic.in/)

Official AKTU syllabus

This subject is on page 31, 32, 33 of the original AKTU PDF.

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