NATIONAL LAW SCHOOL OF INDIA UNIVERSITY,

BANGALORE
FIRST YEAR LL M/ III TRIMESTER
MARCH-JUNE 2011

International and Comparative Law of Intellectual Property Rights

PROJECT TOPICS LIST

Critical Review of the principles for

Aakash Kukkar determining the infringement of PatentsUK
and India
Limitations and Exceptions under copyright
Anirudh Narain Bhatt
law in relation to persons with Disabilities
Impact of product Patent regime in developing
Dishi Rohtgi
countries on Access to Medicine
Patenting of Living Organisms: Policy issues
Gagan K.
and concernsinternational trends
Resolving the issue of Non-obviousness in
Gotluri Srinivasa Reddy
respect of Biotechnological Inventions
A critical analysis of the development of the
Jamshed Ansari Inventive Step criteria for grant of Patent in
UK.
Limitations and Exceptions under the Law of
Jumgam Jini Patents: International trends and impact on
domestic economy.
Protection of the rights of the Broadcasting
Jyoti Bharat Rangari Organisationscritique of the International
Developments
International Registry for registration of
Khaleel P. Geographical Indications: critique of TRIPs
developments
Limitations and Exceptions under copyright
law in relation to Libraries and Archives:
Kishor Kunal
International developments and impact on
developing countries
Implications of ITPGR on Developing
Manish Kumar Mishra
countries
Harmonization of the substantive Patent law:
Mayank Mishra WIPO initiatives and initiatives by US, EU and
Japan.
Clear and Complete disclosures/ sufficiency of
Mohammad Atif Khan
disclosure in patent specifications
Treaty on protection of Audio-visual
Mohd. Tausif Zahir
performances: impact on developing countries
 Extent of use of TKDL in Patent Offices-
Namita Balasubramanian
Trends and concerns
International Trends relating to disclosure (of
Natasha Anand the biological source) requirement under
patent Law.
The Machine or Transformation Test for
Neelu Protection of Business Method under the US
Patent Law: a critique
India acceding to Nice Agreement, Madrid
Neha Shivangani Agreement, and Vienna Agreement:Impact on
Indian Trademark system
Privacy issues in the digital online activities: an
Nidhi Chauhan
analysis
The role of the IP system in relation to Genetic
Noshin Aarif
Resources: Evaluation of IGC efforts
patentability issues under EPC relating to
Praveen Chandra
Computer Invented Inventions
Patent system and Research freedom: a critical
Praveen Singh
analysis of the International system
Traditional cultural Expression: evolving a sui-
Priya Vijay
generic system.
Comparative analysis of the Law of Trademark
Purushotham G. relating to the Protection of fragrance as
Trademarks
Conflicts between Trademarks and
Rajat Solanki Geographical Indication: International and
National efforts to resolve the conflict
Trademark infringement and Comparative
Ramesh Ranjan Choubey
advertising: position in US, UK and India.
Significance of the protection of GI through
Raut Sonali Prithviraj
Certification trademarks in India and US
A study of the Role of WTO Dispute
Richa Mandloi
Settlement Mechanism in resolving IP issues
Protection of the Breeders and farmers rights
Ruchi Agarwal
UPOV and PPVFRA.
Critique of the principles underlying the
Sachin Maurya concept of Secondary Liability for copyright
infringement
Regulation of Spam: Evolving a effective model
Saishta Neelu
at International and National level
Adequacy of the principle of Idea-Expression
Sandeep Kumar Verma distinction in resolving copyright protection
and copyright infringement issues.
 Anti-circumvention laws: Need for Indian law
Savitha A. on lines with Digital Millenium Copyright Act
of US
Interface between Intellectual Property and
Sharmendra Choudhry Competition policy: safeguards against anti-
competitive activities of IP owners
Protection of literary charactersscope of
Shilpa Goel
distinct delineation test.
Regulation of access and benefit sharing under
Sreelatha Babu the Biological Diversity Act in India: towards
an effective mechanism.
Spandana Reddy Need for law on Data Exclusivity in India
Protection of Lay out design for Integrated
Syeda Nishat Shadmani Circuits: comparative study of US and Indian
laws
Exhaustion of Rights and Parallel Imports of
Thinlay Chukki patented products: a study of European and
Indian position

Note:
1. In case a Candidate wish to work on any topics other than
those mentioned above, he/she may change the topic in
consultation with the course teacher before 15th March 2011.
2. Candidates shall attend the First Mandatory consultation on
14th March and 15th March 2011 from 2.30 p.m onwards (1st
20 candidates on 14th March and the remaining on 15th
March 2011). Subsequent regular consultation will be on
Monday, Tuesday and Thursday from 2.30 to 3.30 p.m
3. No change of topic is permitted after the prescribed date
under any circumstances.
4. Candidates are expected to submit the soft copy of their
presentation and project failing which their final
presentation/viva will not be scheduled and the project is
deemed not to have been submitted.
5. Guidelines for writing the project, including the word limit
will be intimated to the students during consultation.

[Dr. T. Ramakrishna]
Course Teacher