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Quick Facts
| Medium Of Instructions | Mode Of Learning | Mode Of Delivery |
|---|---|---|
| English | Self Study | Video and Text Based |
Course Overview
SWAYAM is an initiative launched by the Government of India aimed at achieving the three basic principles of education policy; access, equality and efficiency. The aim of this initiative is to provide all, even the most disadvantaged, with the best teaching resources for learning.
SWAYAM aims to bridge the digital gap for students who have not yet been affected by the digital transition and who have not been able to enter the mainstream of the knowledge economy.
The Intellectual Property programme curriculum covers a wide but definitive area of study. These include fundamentals of IP, the economics of IP, historical origins and international obligations, nature of the subject-matter, justifications, criteria for protection, rights, term, assignment and licencing, limitations, defences, public interest considerations, exceptions, remedies and enforcement. The Intellectual Property programme will also contain topics that involve the interface of intellectual property with areas such as human rights and competition law and policy.
The Highlights
- 15 weeks of duration
- Postgraduate level programme offering
- 100% Online programme
- Government certified programme
- Certification provided by Swayam
Programme Offerings
- 100% online programme
- audio
- video
- Reading Material
- Quiz
- Assessment Test
Courses and Certificate Fees
| Certificate Availability | Certificate Providing Authority |
|---|---|
| yes | NLU Delhi |
Eligibility Criteria
Certification Qualifying Details
There will be two types of assessments for the certification of the Intellectual Property programme; internal exam and external exam. There will be 30 marks in the internal and 70 marks in the external exams, and the total marks is 100.
What you will learn
The knowledge and concepts that candidates learn from the Intellectual Property programme are:
- Candidates pursuing this programme will be able to learn about the basic concepts of intellectual property. They will be aware of the laws, rules and regulations that are covered under this subject.
- They will learn about innovation, creativity and economies of intellectual property.
- They will be aware of legal principles covered under international intellectual property regime.
- They will understand the challenges to access the medicines, competition law and intellectual property rights.
- They will understand what copyright law is, rights covered under copyright law and a lot more.
Who it is for
Application Details
Candidates need to follow the steps explained below to apply for the Intellectual Property programme.
Step 1: Click the link to visit the official website of SWAYAM.
https://onlinecourses.swayam2.ac.in/cec20_mg30/preview
Step 2: Candidates should register on the website with their Google/ Microsoft/ Facebook account.
Step 3: Then click the “Join” button to register for the Intellectual Property programme.
Step 4: Fill the form and save your profile. Registration will be completed by that.
(As the programme is ongoing, the Join button will not be available right now)
The Syllabus
- Universal origins of intellectual property
- Introduction to intellectual property: a conceptual primer
- Economics of intellectual property: innovation and creativity – policy linkages
- Theoretical justifications for intellectual property
- Legal principles of international intellectual property regime: introduction to TRIPS
- Intellectual property and interface with fundamental freedoms
- TRIPS and public health: challenges for access to medicines
- Intellectual property and competition law- a primer
- Concept of invention, novelty, inventive step and industrial application and disclosure
- Biotechnology patents- subject matter exclusions
- Pharmaceutical patents- subject matter exclusions
- Patents, traditional knowledge and biodiversity
- Software and business methods patents
- Originality requirement in copyright law
- Neighbouring/ related rights
- Subject-matter requirement in copyright law
- Well known marks
- Trademarks- challenges in unconventional marks and domain names disputes
- Trademarks- the concept of distinctiveness and grounds for refusal of trademark registration
- Trade secrets- conditions of protection
- Industrial designs: definition of a design; the concept of novelty and originality; designs not patentable; - functional designs
- Geographical indications substantive conditions for registration
- Other kinds of intellectual property
- Plant variety protection – conditions of registration module
- Economic and moral rights of authors
- IP assignment and licensing
- Copyright in the digital context
- Patent rights- limited exceptions
- Limitations on rights of trademarks owners
- Copyright- fair dealing
- Principles of IP exhaustion
- Copyrights- statutory and compulsory licensing
- Patents- compulsory licensing /other uses without authorization
- Patent infringement
- Trademark infringement and passing-off
- Copyright infringement
- Ambush marketing and comparative advertising
- Trademark law- civil and criminal
- Patent law-remedies
- Copyright-civil and criminal
- Nature of remedies in IP law