Osmania University · Faculty of Law
Intellectual Property Law · September 2021
September 2021 · Intellectual Property Law · Semester 4
FACULTY OF LAW
LL.B. (3 YDC) / LL.B. (Hon.) (3 YDC) II - Year IV - Semester Examination, September 2021
Subject: LAW
PAPER - V: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW
Code: 729 | Time: 2 Hours | Max. Marks: 80
PART - A (4 x 10 = 40 Marks) [Note: two of the eight short-note topics were not clearly legible
in the source photograph and have been omitted.] — Answer any FOUR of the following:
1. Trademarks.
2. Plant Varieties Protection.
3. Literary Property.
4. Certification marks.
5. Exclusive Marketing Rights.
6. Right to Secrecy.
PART - B (1 x 20 = 20 Marks) — Answer any ONE of the following:
9. Explain the main forms of Intellectual Property.
10. Analyse the provisions of the Paris Convention and its impact on protection of Industrial
property in India.
11. Discuss the rights of the Authors and copyright Owners.
12. What amounts to infringement of Trademarks? How does it differ from Passing-off?
PART - C (1 x 20 = 20 Marks) — Answer any ONE of the following:
13. 'A' wants to obtain patent for a pharmaceutical invention in the form of a new product. Explain
the position in the years 1994 and 2019.
14. "M" is a well known photographer. He shot the pictures of Sunrise. Can he claim copyright in
those pictures?
15. A tribal group of people want to protect intellectual property in one of their herbal products
used for many decades. Advise them as to the proper form of IPR protection available in the given
case.
16. A company registered a design for a Glucose biscuit sold by it. A rival company used a similar
design for its range of Glucose biscuits without any registration of such design. Advise the first
company on its rights.