An Introduction to Intellectual Property Rights
An Introduction to Intellectual Property Rights
Manju Pathak Professor of Biotechnology Amity University Noida, Uttar Pradesh India.
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Contents
Dedication ...................................................................................... Preface ............................................................................................ Acknowledgement .......................................................................... 1.
Introduction to IPR ............................................................ 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5
2.
3.
1 1 4 5 7 8
Patent Specification Drafting ..........................................
17
2.1 2.2
17
2.3 2.4
Specification Drafting ........................................................ Methods and Precautions in Drafting Patent Specification ........................................................................ Disclosure Requirements .................................................. Patent Claims ......................................................................
2.5
Filing of A Patent Application .........................................
22
IPR Issues ............................................................................
25
3.1 3.2
Competitive and Collaborative Research ...................... The Strategy to Protecting Plants : Plant Variety Protection Act ..................................................................... IPR Issues in Biotechnological Patents Haldi, Neem and Basmati Rice ....................................................
25
Patent Litigation .................................................................
34
Patent Applications ...........................................................
39
4.1
39
3.3 3.4
4.
General Introduction, History, Ownership of Tangible and Intellectual Property................................... Patentable Subject Matter ................................................. Basic Requirements of Patentability ............................... Novelty, Public Domain, Obviousness and Non Obviousness ............................................................... Inventive Step (Non-Obviousness) and Industrial Application .........................................................................
v vii ix
Provisional and Complete Specifications .......................
xi
18 21 21
27 32
Contents/xii
5.
6.
7. 8.
4.2 4.3
Publication ......................................................................... Request of Examination ...................................................
45 45
4.4
PCT Application: Gateway to Foreign Patents .............
48
Patent Bodies ......................................................................
51
5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7
TRIPS .................................................................................. WTO ................................................................................... WIPO .................................................................................. Paris Convention .............................................................. Berne Convention ............................................................. Budapest Treaty ................................................................ Madrid Agreement Marks (MAM) ................................
51 53 54 59 60 62 65
5.8
The Patent Law Treaty (PLT) ..........................................
68
Other Fields of Intellectual Property Protection .........
71
6.1 6.2 6.3
Copyrights ......................................................................... Trademarks ........................................................................ Geographical Indications .................................................
71 76 79
6.4
Trade Secrets ......................................................................
81
Appendix A: Diagrammatic Presentation of Processes Involved in Obtaining an Indian Patent .............. Appendix B: References ......................................................
83 85
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