Legal Aspects and Intellectual Property Rights |MBA 1st Sem | Bangalore University

Module

Course Content

Hours

1

Introduction to Labour Codes, Code on Wages, Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code.       

Introduction to Labour Codes, Importance and Evolution of Labour Codes, Comparison of new labour codes and old labour related acts. Code on Wages, 2019; Definitions, Minimum Wages, Payments of Wages, Payment of Bonus, Central and state Advisory board, payment of dues Claims and Audits, Offenses, and Penalties, Miscellaneous.

Occupational Safety, Health and working Conditions Code, 2020- preliminary definitions, Registration of Establishments, Duties of Employer and Employees, Occupational Safety and Health, Health Safety and Working Conditions, Hours of Work and Annual Leave with Wages, Maintenance of Registers, Records and Returns, Special Provisions Relating to Employment of Women, Contract Labour and Interstate Migrant Workers, Offenses and Penalties, Social Security Fund, Miscellaneous.

10

2

Social Security Code and Industrial Relations Code

The Code on Social Security, 2020, Preliminary Definitions, Social Security Organizations, Employees Provident fund, Employee State Insurance Corporation, Gratuity, Maternity Benefits, Employees’ Compensation, Social Security and Cess, Social Security for Unorganized, Gig and Platform Workers, Offenses and Penalties, Employment Information and Monitoring, Miscellaneous.

Industrial Relations Code, 2020, Preliminary Definitions, Bipartite Forums, Trade Unions, Standing Orders, Notices of Change, Voluntary Reference of Disputes to Arbitration, Mechanism for Resolution of Industrial Disputes, Strikes and Lockouts, Layoff, Retrenchment and Closure-special Provisions, Unfair Labor Practices, Offenses and Penalties and Miscellaneous.

10

3

Information Technology Act, 2000

IT Act 2000, preliminary definitions, Amendments, Digital Signature, Electronic Governance, Attribution, Acknowledgement and Dispatch of Electronic Records, Secure Electronic Records and Digital Signature, Regulations of Certifying Authority, Duties of Subscribers, Penalties and Adjudication, Cyber Regulations Appellate (Tribunal), Offenses and Miscellaneous.

8

4

Introduction to IPR

IPRs – Invention and Creativity, Intellectual Property, Importance and Protection of Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs), A brief Summary of Patents. Copyrights, Trademarks, Industrial Designs, Integrated Circuits, Geographical Indications, Establishment of WIPO, Applications and Procedures of WIPO

8

5

Law of Copyrights and Designs

Introduction to Copyright Law, International Conventions relating to Copyright Law, Core Principles: Idea-Expression Dichotomy, Originality and Fixation Under Copyright Law, Original Literary, Dramatic, Musical and Artistic works, Sound Recording and Cinematograph Films, Authorship, Ownership, Transfer of Rights and Registration of Copyright, Rights of Copyright Owner under Copyright Law, Infringement of Copyright, Fair Use-Fair Dealing & Secondary Liability, limitations on the Right of the Copyright Owner Fair Use-Fair Dealing as a Defense under Copyright Law.

10

6

Law of Patents and procedures

Patent System: An Overview, Patentability, Patent/Prior Art Search, drafting a Patent Specification, Patent Procedure in India, Patent Cooperation Treaty, Patent Infringement, Freedom to Operate, Defenses For Infringement Action & Remedies; Prosecution History Estoppel- Defenses, Experiment, Research Or Education, Government Use, Patent Exhaustion, Patent Misuse, Inequitable Conduct, Remedies - Relevant Cases.

10