Exam Details

Subject Patents
Paper
Exam / Course MASTER OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW (MIPL)
Department School of Law (SOL)
Organization indira gandhi national open university
Position
Exam Date June, 2016
City, State new delhi,


Question Paper

1. What kind of jurisdiction do Patents have?

Universal

Territorial

Provincial

All of the above

2. A pharmaceutical substance is

a technical advance over existing knowledge.

a substance which is used for therapeutic use and where application of the substance involves a chemical interaction, or a physico-chemical interaction.

preventive, diagnosing, curing or alleviating a disease, ailment, defect or injury in persons.

Both and


3. When can prior art be claimed?

When the earlier claim lies wholly within the area of the later claim

When the areas of the earlier and the later claims overlap

When the earlier c1aim is broader than and includes the area covered by the later claim

All of the above

4. Who is entitled to file an application to obtain a Patent?

True and first inventor

Assignee of the true and first inventor

A legal representative

All of the above

5. What is meant by provisional specification?

A detailed and substantial description with examples and illustrations based on experimental results

A specification filled for securing the priority of the patent application

A list of essential features of an invention

All of the above


6. What is meant by 'Single inventive concept'?

Disclosure of an invention in a patent specification

The process for the preparation of the product and its industrial application

An invention pertaining to different categories that are allowable for patent protection subject to the respective provisions of patent law

An invention relating to a novel carrier of drugs

7. The IPAB was set up at under Section 83 of the Trade Marks Act of 1999.

Mumbai

Delhi

Chennai

Kolkata


8. What are the principal features of the Paris Convention, 1883

Right of Priority

National Treatment

Protection against unfair competition

All of the above

9. Patent protection in a number of countries can be sought by filing a single international patent application under

The Patent Cooperation Treaty

The African Intellectual Property Organisation

The Havana Protocol System

The Patent Law Treaty


10. The creation of Traditional Knowledge Registries is an example of

Defensive protection of traditional knowledge

Positive protection of traditional knowledge

Arbitrary protection of traditional knowledge

Ultimate protection of traditional knowledge

11. Compare the history of Patents in India with the history of Patents in UK.

12. Under the Patents law, when is the doctrine of colourable variation applicable?

13. Discuss the various grounds of revocation which can be pleaded as defences against any suit for infringement of patent by the defendant.

14. Biotechnology Patents have diluted patenting norms. Discuss.

15. What do you understand by the concept of National Treatment with reference to the Paris Convention?


Departments

  • Centre for Corporate Education, Training & Consultancy (CCETC)
  • Centre for Corporate Education, Training & Consultancy (CCETC)
  • National Centre for Disability Studies (NCDS)
  • School of Agriculture (SOA)
  • School of Computer and Information Sciences (SOCIS)
  • School of Continuing Education (SOCE)
  • School of Education (SOE)
  • School of Engineering & Technology (SOET)
  • School of Extension and Development Studies (SOEDS)
  • School of Foreign Languages (SOFL)
  • School of Gender Development Studies(SOGDS)
  • School of Health Science (SOHS)
  • School of Humanities (SOH)
  • School of Interdisciplinary and Trans-Disciplinary Studies (SOITDS)
  • School of Journalism and New Media Studies (SOJNMS)
  • School of Law (SOL)
  • School of Management Studies (SOMS)
  • School of Performing Arts and Visual Arts (SOPVA)
  • School of Performing Arts and Visual Arts(SOPVA)
  • School of Sciences (SOS)
  • School of Social Sciences (SOSS)
  • School of Social Work (SOSW)
  • School of Tourism & Hospitality Service Sectoral SOMS (SOTHSM)
  • School of Tourism &Hospitality Service Sectoral SOMS (SOTHSSM)
  • School of Translation Studies and Training (SOTST)
  • School of Vocational Education and Training (SOVET)
  • Staff Training & Research in Distance Education (STRIDE)

Subjects

  • Advanced IP Issues
  • Commercialization Of Ip And Licensing
  • Copyright And Designs Law
  • International And Comparative Ip Law
  • Introduction To Law
  • IP Litigation
  • Overview Of Intellectual Property Rights
  • Patents
  • Plant Variety Protection
  • Trademark, Passing Off Andgeographical Indication And Domain Names
  • Traditional Knowledge And Biodiversity