Practical Approach to Intellectual Property Rights

Contents Preface. Foreword. 1. Introduction to intellectual property rights. 2. Copyrights. 3. Trademarks. 4. Designs and design patents. 5. Semiconductor integrated circuits and layout designs. 6. Protection of plant varieties and farmers rights. 7. Protection of geographical indications. 8. Traditional knowledge and prospects of protecting it through intellectual property legal regime. 9. Trade secrets. 10. Introduction to patents. 11. Ideas and intellectual property rights. 12. Public disclosure bar dates and invention record. 13. Contents of a patent. 14. Patent draft. 15. Filing patent applications. 16. Patent prosecution. 17. Search and analysis of patent literature. 18. Case laws and their significance. 19. IPR strategy and IPR policy. Bibliography. Index. This book covers key aspects of intellectual property rights (IPR) from the perspective of an intellectual property owner of a creation and for beginners in the IPR Profession. It is designed to give the reader a complete picture of all the different forms of intellectual property. To that end the book is designed in such a way the it starts from and individuals perspective as one who has created or will create intellectual property. Then the methods and procedures required to be followed to procure the protection in an effort to familiarize the reader with the procedural aspects. This book also focuses on patents and related aspects in a greater manner due to the complexity and the detail oriented and the technical nature of the field. Several chapters are dedicated to patent related matters including patent preparation prosecution patenting strategy patent reading patent searching and analysis and so on. The underlying principles behind the laws and rules related to patents are presented and its applicability in everyday work is also provided. Subsequently the nuances related to three jurisdictions including India European Union and U.S. are also discussed. In this manner a global perspective towards protecting one's intellectual efforts utilizing one or more of the intellectual property rights available given to the reader. 184 pp.…