Run by a professional with more than 20+ years of business experience, Courses would contain:

• Class room sessions to cover study material
• Interactive sessions for doubts
• Incessant class room Test
• Revision of previous years Question papers
• Conducting mock exam to prepare for ultimate exam at the end of course
• Support in submission of required forms to Institute

1. Introduction: Concept of Property vis--vis Intellectual Property; Concept of Property and Theories of Property â?? An Overview; Theories of Intellectual Property Rights; Meaning, Relevance, Business Impact, Protection of Intellectual Property; Intellectual Property as an Instrument of Development; Need for Protecting Intellectual Property â?? Policy Consideration â?? National and
International Perspectives; Competing Rationales for Protection of Intellectual Property Rights; Intellectual Property Rights as Human Right; Determining Financial Value of Intellectual Property Rights; Negotiating Payments Terms in Intellectual Property
Transaction; Intellectual Property Rights in the Cyber World.
2. Types of Intellectual Property- Origin and Development- An Overview: Copyrights; Trademarks; Patents; Designs; Utility Models; Trade Secrets and Geographical; Indications; Bio-Diversity and IPR.
3. Role of International Institutions : Introduction to the leading International Instruments concerning Intellectual Property Rights; The Berne Convention; Universal Copyright Convention; The Paris Convention, Patent Co-operation Treaty; TRIPS; The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the UNESCO.
4. Patents : Introduction to Patent Law; Paris Convention; Patent Cooperation Treaty; WTO- TRIPS; Harmonisation of CBD and TRIPs.
5. Indian Patent Law : An Overview; Concept of Patent; Product / Process Patents & Terminology; The Patents Act, 1970; Amendments to the Patents Act; Patentable Subject Matter, Patentability Criteria; Duration of Patents- Law and Policy Consideration; Elements of Patentability,- Novelty and Non Obviousness (Inventive Steps and Industrial Application; Non- Patentable Subject Matter;
Procedure for Filing of Patent Application and types of Applications; Procedure for Opposition; Revocation of Patents; Ownership and Maintenance of Patents; Assignment and licensing of Patents; Working of Patents- Compulsory Licensing; Patent Agent- Qualification and Registration Procedure.
6. Patent Databases & Patent Information System : Patent Offices in India; Importance of Patent Information in Business Development; Patent search through Internet, Patent Databases. 
7. Preparation of Patent Documents : Lab Notebooks/Log Books/Record Books; Methods of Invention Disclosures; Patent Application and its Contents; Writing of the Patent Document.
8. Process for Examination of Patent Application : Publication of Patent Applications; Request for Examination; Process for Examination & Prosecution; Reissue &Re-examination.
9. Patent Infringement : Literal Infringement; Doctrine of Equivalence and Doctrine of Colourable Variation; Contributory Infringement; Defences to Infringement including Experimental Use; Inequitable Conduct; Patent Misuse; Legal Aspects (Act, Rules, and Procedures).
10. Recent Developments in Patent System: Software and Business Method Patenting in India & other Jurisdiction; Patentable Inventions with Special Reference to Biotechnology Products entailing Creation of New Forms of Life.
11. Trademarks : Introduction to Trademarks; The rationale of protection of trademark as (a) an aspect of commercial and (b) of consumer rights; Definition and concept of Trademarks; Kinds of marks (brand names, logos, signatures, symbols, well known marks, certification marks and service marks); International Legal Instruments on Trademarks; Indian Trademarks Law (The Trade and Merchandise Marks Act, 1958 and Trademarks Act, 1999); Non Registrable Trademarks; Procedure for Registration of Trademarks; Opposition Procedure; Procedural Requirements of Protection of Trademarks; Content of the Rights, Exhaustion of Rights; Assignment/Transmission / Licensing of Trademarks; Infringement of Trademarks and Right of Goodwill; Passing off Action; Offences and Penalties; International Conventions- Madrid Protocol; Domain Names â?? (Domain Names and Effects of New Technology (Internet); WIPO Internet Domain Name Process).
12. Copyrights :Introduction to Copyright - Conceptual Basis; International Protection of Copyright and Related rights- An Overview (International Convention/Treaties on Copyright); Nature of Copyright; Indian Copyright Law; The Copyright Act, 1957 with its amendments; Copyright works; Author & Ownership of Copyright; Rights Conferred by Copyright; Assignment, Transmission,
Licensing of Copyrights; Neighbouring Rights; Infringement of Copyrights; Remedies & Actions for Infringement of Copyrights; Copyright Societies, Office, Board, Registration of Copyrights & Appeals; International Conventions; Copyright pertaining to Software/Internet and other Digital media; Remedies, especially, possibility of Anton Pillar Injunctive Relief in India.
13. Industrial Designs : Need for Protection of Industrial Designs; Subject Matter of Protection and Requirements; What is a Registrable Design; What is not a Design; Novelty &Originality; Procedure for Registration of Designs; Copyright under Design; Assignment, Transmission, Licenses; Procedure for Cancellation of Design; Infringement; Remedies.
14. Geographical Indications : Geographical Indications - Concept of Appellations of Origin, Indication of Source and Geographical Indication; International Conventions/Agreements; The Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act, 2000; Procedure for Registration, Duration of Protection and Renewal; Infringement, Penalties and Remedies.
15. Layout- Designs of Integrated Circuits : The Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design Act, 2000; Conditions and Procedure for Registration; Duration and Effect of Registration; Assignment and Transmission.
16. The Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmersâ?? Rights : The Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmerâ??s Rights Act, 2001; Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmersâ?? Rights, Authority and Registry; Registration of Plant Varieties and Essentially derived variety; Duration, Effect of Registration and Benefit Sharing; Surrender and revocation of Certificate; Farmersâ?? Rights; Plant Varieties Protection Appellate Tribunal; Infringement, Offences, Penalties and Procedure.
17. Protection of Trade Secrets.
18. Key Business Concerns in Commercializing Intellectual Property Rights: Competition and Confidentiality Issues, Antitrust Laws; Assignment of Intellectual Property Rights; Technology Transfer Agreements; Intellectual Property Issues in the Sale of Business; Care & Maintenance of Confidential Information; Legal Auditing of Intellectual Property; Due Diligence of Intellectual Property Rights in a Corporate Transaction; Management and Valuation of Intellectual Property.
19. Case Laws, Case Studies and Practical Aspects