MBA IPR Management

Can you provide me the syllabus of WTO and Intellectual Property Rights from the Elective subject - Global Business Management offered under Master of Business Administration (MBA) by Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University?

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The syllabus of WTO and Intellectual Property Rights from the Elective subject - Global Business Management offered under Master of Business Administration (MBA) by Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University is as follows:

Course Code: MS 245 L-3 Credits – 3

Objectives: The course is intended to sensitize the students about the importance of WTO and
Intellectual property in the global economy

Course Contents:

1. GATT and Evolution of World Trade Organization (WTO), Role of WTO in International Trade, Main Features of WTO, New Issues in WTO:Environment, Investment, Competition Policy, Government Procurement, Trade Facilitation, Electronic Commerce, Social Clause, Labour Standards; Implementation and Implication.

2.. General Introduction in the Intellectual Property Law: The Notion of Intellectual Property,
Historical Background, The Main Fields of Intellectual Property, Industrial Property Law:
Inventions, Industrial Creations Characterized by Relative Novelty (innovations), know-how,
Industrial Designs and Models, Utility Models, Layout-designs of Semiconductor Integrated
Circuits (semiconductor chips), Plant Varieties, Trademarks, Geographical Indications, Tradenames, Emblems, Other Distinctive Signs; Scientific Discoveries, Neighbouring Rights.

3. IPR and Economic Development, Copyright Law ("Rights of Authors"), Correlation of
Intellectual Property Law with Unfair Competition, Common Features of the Intellectual
Property Rights, Legal Nature of the Intellectual Property Rights, Position of the Intellectual
Property Law in the Legal System.

4. International Protection of Intellectual Property: The World Intellectual Property Organization, The Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights ("TRIPS"), The Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, The Patent Cooperation Treaty, The Hague Agreement Concerning the Deposit of Industrial Designs, The International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants, The Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms, The Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Trademarks and the Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement, The Trademark Law Treaty, The Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works, The Rome International Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations, The Geneva Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms Against Unauthorized Duplications of their Phonograms.