Description ABOUT THE BOOK Intellectual property (IP) refers to the creations of the human mind like inventions, literary and artistic works, and symbols, names, images and designs used in commerce. Intellectual property rights are the rights given to persons over the creations of their minds. They usually give the creator an exclusive right over the use of his/her creation for a certain period. The purpose of intellectual property law is to allow the people who create and invent things to profit from their work A right that is had by a person or by a company to have exclusive rights to use its own plans, ideas, or other intangible assets without the worry of competition, at least for a specific period of time. These rights can include copyrights, patents, trademarks, and trade secrets. These rights may be enforced by a court via a lawsuit. The reasoning for intellectual property is to encourage innovation without the fear that a competitor will steal the idea and / or take the credit for it. Intellectual property rights protect the interests of creators by giving them property rights over their creations. Generally speaking, IP law aims at safeguarding creators and other producers of intellectual goods and services by granting them certain time limited rights to control the use made of those productions. With the establishment of the World Trade Organization (WTO), the importance and role of the intellectual property protection has been crystallized in the Trade-Related Intellectual Property Systems (TRIPS) Agreement. Realizing the need and importance of IPR the ICAR has introduced a course on IPR at graduate levels in all SAUs and agricultural colleges in India. The book provides much needed information for graduates in agriculture, horticulture, forestry etc. CONTENT S. No Title Page PREFACE 3-4 ABOUT THE BOOK 5 ABOUT THE AUTHORS 6 CHAPTERS 1 INTRODUCTION TO I.P. AND I.P.R. 9-18 2 GATT AND WTO 19-55 3 TYPES OF I.P.R. AND LEGISLATIONS COVERING I.P.R. IN INDIA 56-61 4 PATENTS 62-97 5 GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATORS 98-111 6 TRADE MARK 112-128 7 TRADE SECRET 129-134 8 INDUSTRIAL DESIGNS AND LAYOUT DESIGNS OF I.C. 135-143 9 COPYRIGHT 144-154 10 PROTECTION OF PLANT VARIETIES 155-192 11 TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND RIGHTS OF TK HOLDERS 193-206 12 BIODIVERSITY OF I.P.R. 207-227 13 THE INTERNATIONAL TREATY ON PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURE 228-245 ABBREVIATIONS 246-248 ABOUT THE AUTHORS Dr. Om Vir Singh, born in 1966 has been Principal Scientist (Plant Breeding & Genetics) with National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources since 2005. He also headed Regional Stations of NBPGR for more than 15 years. Before that, he served as Senior Scientist (Plant Breeding) in Indian Agriculture Research Institute, New Delhi and Assistant Plant Breeder (Rice) in Punjab Agricultural University. He developed more than a dozen of rice varieties and CMS lines of rice. He discovered more than a dozen of unique traits (genes) in germplasm of pulses and horticultural crops, which have immense use in respective crop breeding. He has a number of awards on his credit. He published five books and a number of research papers in national and international journals of repute. Dr. Singh visited a number of countries. Prof. (Dr.) L.L. Somani (b.1945) Retired Director (RI) & Dean PG Studies, MPUAT Udaipur has many papers published in National and International Journals/ Symposia, etc. and many number of books to his credit in different disciplines of Agriculture and allied fields. He held different positions in MPUAT, has spreaded highly innovative ideas, and programmes for development of Agriculture. Prof. Somani has been honoured with several awards.
