Question Bank for IPR & Cyber Law unit 1,2 & 3 T.Y.Bsc(I.T.)

Unit -1

1.    Explain the concepts of intellectual property rights.

2.    Explain the need to protect intellectual property.

3.    What is the objective behind patent law?

4.    What are the basic principles of patent law?

5.    What do you understand by patent law? Explain the features of patent law.

6.    What are the contents of patent specification?

7.    Explain patent application procedure.

8.    Explain method of drafting patent specification.

9.    What is difference between provisional and complete specification of a patent?

10. Discuss difference types of claims in patent specification & their importance.

11. What is copyright? What are its characteristics?

12. List the main features of copyright act of 1957.

13. What is a trademark? What are its functions?

14. List out the basic principles of trademark.

15. Discuss the role of trademark and its usefulness in marketing?

16. What are trademark rights? How are they acquired?

17. Discuss the features of Indian Trade Mark Act.

18. List out the basic principles of design rights.

19. What is unfair competition? How to protect from it?

Unit-2

1.   Explain computer software as intellectual property and its protection.

2.   Explain protection of copyrights.

3.   Explain patent protection.

4.   Illustrate defenses with respect to computer software as intellectual property.

5.   Explain UK data protection act.

6.   List out seven US safe harbor principles.

7.   Discuss enforcement of data protection.

8.   Justify protection of semi-conductor chips.

9.   Explain SCPA Semiconductor Chip Protection Act, in detail.

10. Explain the concept of Semi-Conductors? State & explain semiconductor IC layout design act?

11. Write short notes on WIPO Treaty.

12. Write short notes on TRIPS.

13. Explain TRIPS’s in India?

14. Discuss “Domain name as intellectual property”.

15. Explain the procedure for registration of domain names.

16. Explain disputes under intellectual property rights.

17. What are various jurisdictional issues in domain name protection.

18. What are digital Copyright issues?

19. What do you mean by Domain name and disputed in domain name?

Unit-3

1.    What are the rights awarded to patentee?

2.    How the rights of a patentee are enforced? What are the duties of a patentee?

3.    Discuss transfer of patent rights in the form of assignment.

4.    What are different kinds of assignments?

5.    What are the defenses available in case of infringement of patents?

6.    Define copyright.

7.    Explain different rights conferred by copyright?

8.    Explain “Copyright is protection in form and not in idea”.

9.    Explain “Protecting good will through copyrights”.

10. What are the functions of trademark?

11. What is trademark? What are its essential elements?

12. What are the rights conferred by registration of trademark? What are its limitation?

13. What are essential factors for infringement of trademarks?

14. What are the defenses available in case of infringement of trademarks?

15. What are design objectives?

16. What are the rights granted for registration of design?

17. What are the defenses available in case if infringement of designs?

18. Write short notes on design infringements.