INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

PART – I
INTRODUCTION

1. INTRODUCTION- INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

1) Explain various forms of intellectual Property and the legislations in India for
protection thereof. [Apr. 2010] [Nov. 2012, 2013, May 2013]
2) Discuss the classification of Intellectual Property. [May 2017]
3) Explain the nature and forms of Intellectual Property Rights. [Apr. 2016]
4) State the characteristics of Intellectual Property. [Apr. 2010]
5) Define and state the main features of intellectual property whether it is
different from other kinds of property? Explain. [Nov. 2010]
6) Explain the nature & scope of intellectual property rights. [Nov. 2014]
7) Two lines on types of intellectual property. [Nov. 2011, Apr. 2012]
8) SN: Berne Convention. [Nov. 2016, 2017]
9) SN: Universal Copyright Convention. [Apr. 2010]
10) SN: Which Intellectual property rights are protected under TRIPS
Agreements. [Nov. 2009]
11) SN: On World Intellectual Property Organisation. [Apr. 2010]
 PART – II
THE COPYRIGHT ACT, 1957

1. HISTORICAL EVOLUTION OF COPYRIGHT ACT

1) SN: on Meaning of Copyright. [Nov. 2006, May 2013]
2) What is the concept of copyright and state the various rights which are
comprised in copyright. [Apr. 2012, Nov. 2012]
3) Discuss the features of Copyright. [Apr. 2010]
4) State and discuss the work in which copyright subsists under the Copyright Act,
1957. Nov. 2005, Apr, 2006, Nov. 2008]
5) Under Section 13 copyright shall subsists in original, literary, dramatic, musical,
artistic works. Explain the concept original as given under section 13. Give
examples. [Nov. 2006]
6) Define the term literary work under Copyright Act. [Apr, 2008]
7) SN: Adaptation. [Nov. 2005, Apr. 2009, May 2013]
8) What is meant by adaptation in relation to dramatic work? [Apr. 2010]
9) Define dramatic work. [Nov. 2012]
10) SN: Dramatic Work. [May 2013]
11) What are the rights conferred by the Copyright Act. [Apr. 2008, Nov. 2012]
12) What are the rights of an author of the work? What are economic rights
available to the owner of copyright? [Apr. 2010]
13) Discuss the various rights which copyright protects. [Apr. 2011]
14) Copyright is a buldle of rights. Explain. [Nov. 2013, Apr. 2015, May 2017]
15) Write a short note on: Commercial Rental. [Apr. 2015]

2. OWNERSHIP OF COPYRIGHT
1) SN: Author and owner of a copyright protected work. [Nov. 2007]
2) Explain the concept of ownership under the Copyright Act. [Apr. 2009]
3) “There is no copyright in ideas.” – Elucidate. [Nov. 2007]
4) Comment on ownership of copyright. [Nov. 2016]
5) SN: Who is the first owner of copyright? [Apr. 2011]

3. ASSIGNMENT, TRANSMISSION AND RELINQUISHMENT OF

COPYRIGHT
1) Explain copyright and assignment, transmission and relinquishment of
Copyright under the copyright under the Copyright Act, 1957. [Nov. 2009]
2) SN: if not specifically stated in the agreement, what is the period of
assignment and territorial extent of the assignment of rights under the
copyright act? [Nov. 2008]
3) SN: what is the period of assignment of copyright? [Nov. 2009, 2010, 2011,
2014, Apr. 2012, May 2013]
4) Write a short note on: Transmission of Copyright by operation of law. [Nov.
2009]

4. TERM OF COPYRIGHT
1) State the term of Copyright in various works. [Apr. 2007]
2) What is term of copyright in published literary, dramatic, musical and artistic
work? [Nov. 2008]
3) SN: What is the term of copyright in Artistic work? [Nov. 2009]
4) What is the term of copyright of a sound recording? (2 marks) [Apr. 2016]

5. AUTHOR’S SPECIAL RIGHTS

1) SN: Author’s special rights. [Nov. 2008, 2009, 2010]
6. INFRINGEMENT OF COPYRIGHT
1) What is infringement of copyright? [Apr. 2009]
2) When is copyright infringed? State and discuss the exceptions thereto. [Nov.
2011]
3) Discuss law relating to infringement of copyrights. [May 2013]
4) Define Broadcast under Copyright Act. [Nov. 2012]
5) Write short note on: performers rights. [Apr. 2008, Nov. 2013]
6) Define the terms ‘Broadcast’ and ‘Performer’. Discuss the broadcasting
organization and of performers. [Apr. 2016]
7) Who is a performer? (2 marks) [Apr. 2016]
8) Full answer on what does not amount to infringement of Copyright. [Nov.
2008, 2009, 2010, Apr. 2011]
9) Which are the arts which do not amount to infringement of copyright? [Nov.
2014]
10) Critically analyse section 52 of Copyright Act. [Nov. 2017]
11) SN: Fair Use. [Apr. 2006, 2007, 2011, Nov. 2010]
12) SN: Fair Dealing. [Apr. 2015]
13) What are the civil remedies available under the Copyright law in India?
[Apr. 2010]
14) SN: Injunction. [Apr. 2007]
15) SN: Anton Pillar Injunction in India. [Apr. 2006, 2012, Nov. 2010, 2011]
16) SN: Mareva Injunction. [Apr. 2011]

7. LICENCES
1) Compulsory Licence in works withheld from public. [Nov. 2007]
8. COPYRIGHT SOCIETIES
1) SN: Copyright Societies. [Nov. 2005, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2013, Apr. 20102011,
May 2017]
2) Discuss the provisions of Copyright Act, 1957 in relation to copyright societies.
[Apr. 2012]
3) SN: rights and liabilities of copyright societies. [Nov. 2014]

9. COPYRIGHT BOARD
1) SN: Copyright Board. [Nov. 2017]
 PART – III
THE TRADE MARK ACT, 1999

1. CONCEPT, DEFINITION AND RATIONLE OF PROTECTION OF

TRADEMARK
1) SN: Meaning and purpose of Trade Marks. [Nov. 2006]
2) SN: Objectives of trade mark law. [Nov. 2013]
3) What are the various forms of trade mark? What are the qualities of good
Trade Mark (1989)? [Nov. 2017]
4) SN: Functions of Trade Marks. [May 2013, Apr. 2013, Nov. 2017]
5) SN: Certification Trade Marks. [Apr. 2006, May 2017]
6) SN: Collective Trade Mark. [Nov. 2005, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2017, Apr. 2005,
2010, 2012]
7) SN: Well-known Trade Marks. [Nov. 2007, 2008, 2012, 2016, May 2013]
8) What is well known trade mark? (2 marks) [Apr. 2016]
9) SN: Doctrine of Honest Concurrent use. [Nov. 2015]
10) Discuss the absolute grounds for refusal of registration of trademarks.
[Nov. 2016]
11) SN: Good Trade Mark. [Apr. 2016]
12) What is trademark? What are the good qualities of a good trade mark?
Explain the trademarks which cannot be registered. [Nov. 2010]
13) SN: qualities of a good trade mark. [Nov. 2014, Apr. 2015]

2. REGISTRATION OF TRADEMARKS
1) State the effect of registration of trade mark under the Trade Marks Act. [Apr.
2005, 2012, Nov. 2005, 2011]
2) Discuss the grounds for refusal of registration of trademark under the Trade
Marks Act, 1999.[Apr. 2006, 2007, 2016, Nov. 2007, 2010, 2014, 2015, May
2017]
3) State the absolute grounds of refusal of registration of a trademark under the
Trade Marks Act, 1999. [Nov. 2006, Apr. 2009]
4) Discuss the marks which cannot be registered. [Apr. 2015]
5) Discuss the relative grounds for refusal of registration of trade mark under the
provisions of the Trade Mark Act, 1999. [Nov. 2008]
6) Explain Deceptive Similarity. [Apr. 2016]
7) Explain the process for registration under the Trade Marks Act, 1999. [Apr.
2004, 2008, 2009, 2011, 20122, Nov. 2004, 2009, 2011]

3. INFRINGEMENT, PASSING OFF AND REMEDIES FOR INFRINGEMENT

AND PASSING OFF
1) What amounts to infringement of trademark? [Nov. 2008]
2) What is infringement of trademark? What are the remedies available for
infringement? [Nov. 2012]
3) Who can file a suit for infringement of a trademark? What are the defences
available to the defendant? What reliefs can the court pass in suit for
infringement? [Nov. 2011]
4) SN: passing off action. [Apr. 2006, 2010, 2011, Nov. 2006, 2007]
5) What is passing off? State the modes of passing off. [Nov. 2013. 2015]
6) Discuss the law of passing off with case laws. [Nov. 2014, Apr. 2015]
7) What is the distinction between ‘infringement action’ and ‘passing off action’.
Discuss issues involved and the nature of relief which can be granted or sought
fro in the said two actions. [Apr. 2004]
8) Distinguish between passing off and infringement action. [Nov. 2010]
9) SN: Anton Pillar Injunction. [Apr. 2006, 2012, Nov. 2010, 2011]
10) Which are the acts which are the acts which do not amount to
infringement of copyright? [Nov. 2015]
11) SN: permitted User. [Apr. 2009, Nov. 2009]
4. ASSIGNMENT AND TRANSMISSION OF TRADEMARKS
1) Explain the provision relating to ‘Assignment’ and ‘transmission’ under the
Trade Marks Act, 1999. [Apr. 2010]

5. USE OF TRADE MARK, REGISTERED USER AND REMOVAL AND

CANCELLATION OF TRADEMARK
1) SN: Registered User under the trademarks act, 1999. [Apr. 2005, NOV. 2005]
2) SN: Non use of trademark. [Nov. 2009]
3) SN: Ghost Marks. [May 2017]

5A. POWERS OF REGISTRAR

6. APPELLATE BOARD

7. OFFENCES AND PENALTIES

8. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

9. PROTECTION OF TRADEMARK THROUGH INTERNATIONAL

REGISTRATION UNDER MADRID PROTOCOL
 PART – IV
THE PATENTS ACT, 1970

1. HISTORY AND CONCEPT

1) What is patent? What is the object of patent law? What are the rights and
obligations of patentee? [Apr. 2010, 2011]
2) What is meant by patent? (2 marks) [ Apr. 2016, Nov. 2016]
3) SN: Object of Patent Law. [Apr. 2015]

2. PATENTABLE INVENTIONS AND INVENTIONS WHICH ARE NOT

PATENTABLE
1) Discuss the characteristics which an invention must have to be entitled to be a
patent. [Apr. 2015]
2) Define the term invention and enumerate the inventions not patentable under
the Patents Act, 1970. [Apr. 2007]
3) What is patent? Cana patent be granted for every invention? Discuss. [Apr.
2010]
4) Define invention and state what are not inventions under the patent act, 1970.
[Nov. 2012, Apr. 2016]
5) All inventions are not patentable. Discuss. [Nov. 2013, 2016, 2017, May 2017]

3. PATENTABLE INVENTIONS WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO BIO-

TECHNOLOGY PRODUCTS
1) SN: Patent protection for micro-organisms. [Nov. 2011]
4. PROCEDURE FOR OBSTAINING PATENT
1) Procedure for grant of patent under the Patent Act, 1970. [Nov. 2006]
2) Explain the process of registration of a patent under the Patent Act. [Nov.
2008]
3) Provisional and complete specification. [Nov. 2007, Apr. 2007]
4) Discuss the provisions of Patents Act with respect to provisional and complete
specifications. [May 2013]
5) SN: complete specification. [May 2017]
6) SN: Specification. [Nov. 2005, 2013, 2015, Apr. 2008, 2011, 2012]
7) SN: Date of patent and priority date. [Apr. 2010]
8) SN: Priority Date. [Nov. 2015]
9) When can patent opposition proceedings be initiated under the Patents Act,
1970? [Nov. 2008]
10) State the grounds of opposition of patents under the patents act,
1970. [Apr. 2009]
11) Who can oppose grant of patent and on what grounds? What is the
procedure for opposing patent? [Nov. 2010, Apr. 2011]
12) Discuss the grounds for pre-grant and post-grant opposition to the
grant of patent. [Nov. 2011]
13) SN: Patent of addition. [Nov. 2005, 2009, 2011, Apr. 2012]

4A. INSUFFICIENT DESCRIPTION

5. PRIOR PUBLICATION OR ANTICIPATION

1) What is anticipation? Discuss the various ways in which patent may be
anticipated. [Nov. 2011]
2) SN: Anticipation. [May 2017]
6. RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF A PATENTEE
1) SN: rights and obligations of patentee. [Apr. 2006, May 2017]
2) What are the rights and duties of a patentee in respect of the patent granted
to him? [Apr. 2016]
3) Discuss: (a) the right of patentee and (b) the defences available to a defendant
in a patent infringement suit under the patent act, 1970. [Nov. 2007]
4) SN: Rights of patentee. [Nov. 2006, 2008]
5) SN: surrender of patents. [Nov. 2009, May 2013]
6) Explain the limitation rights of patentee. [Nov. 2015]
7) SN: compulsory licensing in patents. [Apr. 2016, Nov. 2016]
8) Discuss the powers of controller in granting compulsory license. What are the
terms and conditions on which such license may be granted? [Apr. 2012]
9) SN: Compulsory license. [Nov. 2017]

7. RESTORATION, REVOCATION AND SURRENDER OF PATENTS

1) State the grounds for revocation of patent under the Patent Act, 1970. [Nov.
2005, 2008]
2) SN: revocation of patent. [Nov. 2012]

8. TRANSFER OF PATENTS
1) SN: transfer of patents. [Nov. 2012, May 2013]

9. INFRINGEMENT OF PATENT
1) State the provisions of the patents act, 1970 in respect of suits concerning
infringement of patent. [Nov. 2008]
2) Explain the circumstances under which the patent is deemed to be infringed.
[Nov. 2009]
3) SN: process patent. [Nov. 2010]
4) Write an essay on “threat of infringement proceedings” under the section 106
with a case law. [Apr. 2008]

10. APPEALS TO THE APPEALLATE BOARD

1) SN: Intellectual Property Appellate Board. [Nov. 2008]

11. PENALTIES

12. PATENT AGENTS

1) SN: patent agent. [Nov. 2006, Apr. 2007]

13. MISCELLANEOUS

14. PROCEDURE FOR FILING PATENTS: PATENT CO-OPERATION

TREATY
1) SN: patent co-operation treaty. [Apr. 2006, Nov. 2010]
2) SN: classification of patents. [Nov. 2017]
3) What is convention application? What are special and supplementary
provisions relating to convention application under the patents acts, 1970?
[Apr, 2012]
 PART – V
GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS OF GOODS
(REGISTRATION AND PROTECTION) ACT, 1999

1. INTRODUCTION AND MEANING

1) SN: geographical indication. [Nov. 2006, 2007, 2008, 2012, Apr. 2008, 2012]
2) What does geographical indication under section 2(e) mean? (2 Marks) [Nov.
2010, May 2013]

2. REGISTRATION OF GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATION

1) SN: prohibition of registration of certain geographical indications. [Nov. 2011]
2) Procedure of registration of geographical indication. [Nov. 2015]

3. DURATION, RENEWAL, REMOVAL AND RESTORATION OF

REGISTRATION

4. EFFECT OF REGISTRATION
1) What are the effects of registration of geographical indication? [Nov. 2013]

5. SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO TRADEMARKS AND PRIOR

USERS
6. RELIEF IN SUIT FOR INFRINGEMENT OR FOR PASSING OFF

7. MISCELLANEOUS
 PART – VI
THE DESIGNS ACT, 2000

1. INTRODUCTION AND MEANING OF DESIGN

1) Explain the term design. (2 marks) [May 2013]
2) SN: designs which are prohibited for registration under the Designs Act. [Nov.
2008, Apr. 2016]

2. PROCEDURE FOR REGISTRATION OF A DESIGN

1) Explain in detail the term industrial design. Enumerate the procedure for
registration of industrial design. [[Nov. 2012, May. 2013]

3. INFRINGEMENT / PIRACY OF DESIGN

1) SN: piracy of registered design. [Nov. 2012]

4. MISCELLANEOUS