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Intellectual Property Law · India

Introduction on Intellectual Property to Engineers and Technologists

An eight-week course introducing intellectual property and registration procedures. The original course materials remain with NPTEL; this page links to the institutional course.

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  • Week 1: Introduction to intellectual property.
  • Weeks 2–3: Patent basics and filing.
  • Week 4: Copyright, industrial design and emerging issues.
  • Week 5: Trademarks and geographical indications.
  • Weeks 6–8: Integrated-circuit layouts, trade secrets, comparative analysis and IP management.

Key concepts

  • Patents
  • Copyright
  • Industrial design
  • Trademarks
  • Geographical indications
  • Trade secrets

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