Osmania University · Faculty of Law
Intellectual Property Law · April/May 2022
April/May 2022 · Intellectual Property Law · Semester 4
FACULTY OF LAW
LL.B. (3 YDC) / LL.B. (Hon.) (3 YDC) II - Year IV - Semester Examination, April / May 2022
Subject: LAW
PAPER - V: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW
Code: D-12487 | Time: 3 Hours | Max. Marks: 80
PART - A (5 x 6 = 30 Marks) — Answer any FIVE of the following:
1. Intellectual Property.
2. Geographical Indications.
3. UNESCO.
4. Neighbouring Rights.
5. Author's Special Rights.
6. Passing off.
7. Kinds of patents.
8. Right to Secrecy.
PART - B (2 x 15 = 30 Marks) — Answer any TWO of the following:
9. Explain the evolution and Concept of IPR. Discuss the third world perspectives of IPR.
10. State the important objectives and principles governing TRIPS. Explain the Berne Convention on
protection of literary and artistic works.
11. Examine the current legislative framework of patents in India.
12. Who is an 'author'? Discuss the concept of copyright ownership and its limitations.
PART - C (2 x 10 = 20 Marks) — Answer any TWO of the following:
13. Students of a school performed a story of a noted author as the annual function of the school.
The author claims it as infringement of his right to perform. Advise the school authorities.
14. A hybrid new variety of rice is grown by X. He applied for a patent. Will he succeed in acquiring a
patent for the new variety of rice? Decide with the help of a leading case.
15. X, a student, copied some material from a published book and stated it as his own, without
mentioning the name of the publishers. Whether X is liable under intellectual property law; if not,
state the reasons.
16. A, a company, is the registered proprietor of the trademark NIACIN, a pharmaceutical
preparation. They brought a suit against B company for a permanent injunction restraining them
from deceptively using a similar mark NIASIN in respect of the same kind of preparation. Would
plaintiff A company succeed? Decide.