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............................................................................................................................DescriptionWith the fast-growing computer technology, internet, information storage through computer databases, cyberspace and information technology, the laws relating to Patents, Designs, Trade Marks, Copyrights, Confidential Information, Industrial & Trade Secrets and Know-how, have undergone revolutionary changes, on our Parliament passing the Trade Marks Act 1999, the Geographical Indications of Goods Act 1999, the Designs Act 2000, the Information Technology Act 2000, the Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design Act 2000 and the Patents (Amendment) Acts of 2002 & 2005. The Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers' Rights Act 2001, brings further areas of creative activity under the protection of intellectual property laws.In his present work on the Intellectual Property Law, Narayanan gives an authoritative commentary on the entire gamut of this multifaceted law and explains, inter alia, that though there is no copyright in ideas, yet the copyright in a work giving expression to the idea in a material form automatically subsists as soon as the work comes into existence, provided it is original. If a design is registered under the Designs Act of 1911, it is not eligible for protection under the Copyright Act but to a design not so registrable, copyright will subsist under the Copyright Act. Again, information relating to any subject is now available through Internet and website from anywhere in the world and within a few seconds. Beneficial though they are, the changes introduced in the new millennium enormously increased the scope of piracy of intellectual property and against which the present law appears inadequate.In this reprint the author has made necessary changes at the relevant places due to the passing of amendments and new legislations since the publication of the third edition.The work not only highlights all the salient features of the new legislations but also the essential and useful information about all branches of IPR law. The subject-matter of each branch is detailed in separate chapters, topicwise, with a subject index designed to facilitate quick location of any topic. The Appendices, besides containing texts of all essential Statutes, contain also relevant extracts from the GATT and TRIPS agreements and notifications regarding India’s membership of the Paris Convention.............................................................................................................................ContentsPart I – PatentsChapter 1. IntroductionChapter 2. How to Obtain PatentChapter 3. Product Patents in respect of Medicine and DrugChapter 4. SpecificationChapter 5. Opposition Proceedings to Grant of PatentsChapter 6. Register of Patents and Patent OfficeChapter 7. Rights and Obligations of PatenteeChapter 8. Transfer of Patent RightsChapter 9. Compulsory Licences, Licences of Right & Revocation for non-workingChapter 10. Government use of InventionsChapter 11. Revocation and Surrender of PatentsChapter 12. Infringement of PatentsChapter 13. Threat of Infringement ProceedingsChapter 14. Offences and Penalties and Miscellaneous MattersChapter 15. The Patents (Amendment) Act 2005Part II – Industrial DesignsChapter 16. Industrial DesignsPart III – Trade MarksChapter 17. IntroductionChapter 18. Trade Marks Registry and Register of Trade MarksChapter 19. Property in a Trade Mark and Registration of Trade MarksChapter 20. Similar, Near Resemblance and Deceptively SimilarChapter 21. Assignment and TransmissionChapter 22. Licensing of Trade Marks and Registered UsersChapter 23. Rectification of RegisterChapter 24. Infringement, Threat and Trade LibelChapter 25. GoodwillChapter 26. Passing offChapter 27. Offences and PenaltiesChapter 28. Miscellaneous MattersPart IV - CopyrightChapter 29. IntroductionChapter 30. Nature of CopyrightChapter 31. Subject-matter of CopyrightChapter 32. Term of CopyrightChapter 33. Author and Ownership of CopyrightChapter 34. Rights Conferred by CopyrightChapter 35. Rights of Broadcasting Organisations and of PerformersChapter 36. Assignment, Transmission and Relinquishment of CopyrightChapter 37. LicencesChapter 38. Publication and PublicChapter 39. Infringement of CopyrightChapter 40. Remedies against Infringement of CopyrightChapter 41. International CopyrightChapter 42. Copyright SocietiesChapter 43. Copyright Office, Copyright Board, Registration of Copyright & AppealsPart V – Confidential InformationChapter 44. Confidential Information, Breach of Confidence & Know-howChapter 45. New Acts relating to Intellectual PropertyAppendices............................................................................................................................Author DetailsP. Narayanan, M.A., LL.B, Advocate............................................................................................................................
