This document defines intellectual property and provides an overview of intellectual property rights. It begins by defining intellectual property as creations of the mind like inventions, literary/artistic works, and symbols. The document then discusses the history of intellectual property laws from the 15th century to modern international conventions. It outlines the major types of intellectual property rights like copyrights, patents, trademarks etc. and provides examples of related Indian legislation. The document discusses challenges like piracy due to digitization and the internet. It concludes with the importance of intellectual property for economic growth and innovation.

1. MEANING AND SCOPE
INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY RIGHTS
Akshaya kumar k s
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What is Intellectual Property?
Definition by WIPO
Intellectual property (IP) refers to creations of
the mind: inventions, literary and artistic
works, and symbols, names, images, and
designs used in commerce.

3. Objects of Intellectual
Property
 The objects of the rights covered by
the concept of intellectual property
are manifestations of human
creativity.
-the form of the work;
-the invention; and
-the relationship between a symbol
and a business.

4. HISTORY
 Venetian Patent Law 1474
 Elizabeth1,series of patent laws to
promote export
 Similar laws in india,1856
 Statue of anne,1710
 Idam Na Mama or Brahmarpanamastu

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Paris Convention for Protection of Industrial Property
1967 ( 1989)
Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and
Artistic Works 1971 ( 1990)
Trade-related aspects of Intellectual Property
Agreement 1994 ( 1995)
International Convention for IP

6. IPR
COPYRIGHTS
Neighbouring
rights
GI
TRADEMARK PATENT
INDUSTRIAL
DESIGN
RIGHTS
TRADE
SECRETS
Layout
design

7. Legislations in india
• Copyright: The Copyright act 1957
(amended in1983,1984,1992,1994)
• The Design Act,1911
• Communication bill,2000
• The Patents Act, 1970
• Information Technology Act,2000
• Protection of Plant Variety and Farmers
Right Act, 2001
• Biological Diversity Act, 2002

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9. Why Protect Intellectual Property
• Fosters economic growth
• Provides incentives for technological
innovation, and
• Attracts investment that will create new jobs
and opportunities.

10. Copy right and library service
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Services
affected
concerns

11. Fair Use
the ability to use sources without seeking permission from the copyright holder

12. Fair Use
• Quote passages from a book or a journal article as
long as it is credited/cited
• Reproduce short segments of songs and movies as
long as it is cited/credited to the author.
• use an entire work depending on the circumstances.
Allows you to
• Professor giving you a copy of an article
• Photocopying selections of materials for your own
use
• Library Electronic Reserves
Examples

13. Library information centre
 Reprographic services
clear violation of indian copy right act

14. Copy right on data base
Copyright
law
Sue generis
contracts

15. Copy right in digital media
 WIPO rejects “digital Is different”
 Development of ECMS
Electronic copy right management system
Eg CITED

16.  Plant Breeders Rights
include:
-new varieties all plant species (except
algae and bacteria)
 Indian plant value and farmer right bill
,1999
In agriculture

17. BIOTECHNOLOGY
 Brca 1 gene

18. PIRACY

20. Challenges to IP
 Global medium (Internet) & territorial laws
 Digitization
 IP ideally suited to digitization
 intangibles… perfect, instant, infinite copies
 globally distributed, transient, changeable
 worldwide piracy as bandwidth increases, in music,
software and film industries
• 870 million infringing copyright music files online
(Jan 2005)
• 90% of files shared over P2P are unauthorized
• 400,000 - 600,000 illegal film downloads per day
• RIAA commenced over 13,000 individual law suits
against alleged illegal file-sharers

21. CONCLUSION

23. REFERENCE
 Satarkar,s.p., Intellectual property rights and
copyright, New Delhi, ess ess
publication,2003,pg1-171
 P.S.G.kumar, information and
communication, Delhi, B.R.publishing
corporation,2004 pg173-201
 Saha,r. Intellectual property rights in NAM
and other developing countries, Delhi ,daya
publishing house, 2006 pg 40-69