FICCI - Online Certificate Course on US Patent Law and Practice
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Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) and The George Washington University (GWU) are jointly conducting the Certificate Course on Patent Law and Practice.
Course Duration: 13 Weeks (1st September, 2015 - 1st Week of December, 2015)
Objective of Course:
The course teaches fundamentals of patentability, patent prosecution, infringement, and enforcement under the US Patent Laws.
Who should pursue?
- Students of law, science, engineering and related disciplines
- Lawyers, Scientists, Engineers, and Professionals from disciplines related to patents
- Academicians
- Patent Agentsv
- Entrepreneurs
- Aspirants for IP Career
- MSMEs
Key Features:
- Unique Opportunity to learn from the prestigious George Washington University along with US students and Professionals in the Patent domain.
- Participants from India to get recorded versions of the sessions by Chief Judge Randall R. Rader, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit to view at their convenience.
- State of Art Course Material been prepared by Domain Experts in US.
- Online Chat Session once in a week for 2 hours with expert from US.
- FORUM to enable participants to raise queries to Patent Law Experts from US and also to interact with other participants.
- Participants from Industry could participate in FICCI-IPR division events free of cost.
Course Coverage and Training Materials:
The course would cover US Patent Law and Practice, infringement aspects and remedies to infringement available in US.
- Patentability
- Patentable Subject Matter (35 U.S.C. § 101) including software and biotech inventions
- Understanding latest U.S. Supreme Court decisions on subject matter eligibility
- Utility (35 U.S.C. § 101)
- Novelty and Statutory Bars (35 U.S.C. § 102)
- Non-Obviousness (35 U.S.C. § 103)
- Adequacy of Disclosure (35 U.S.C. § 112)
- Patent Prosecution
- Claims
- Types of Patent Applications (provisional, continuation, continuation-in-part, divisional)
- Prosecuting Patent Applications
- Post-Grant Procedures
- New America Invents Acts (AIA) Procedures
- Patent Infringementv
- Literal Infringement (35 U.S.C. § 271(a))
- Doctrine of Equivalents
- Induced Infringement (35 U.S.C. § 271(b))
- Contributory Infringement (35 U.S.C. § 271(c))
- Extraterritorial Infringement
- Exhaustion of Patent Rights
- Equitable Defenses to Infringement
- Laches, Equitable Estoppel, and Shop Rights
- Infringement Remedies
- Damages (Lost Profits and Reasonable Royalties) (35 U.S.C. § 284)
- Injunctions (35 U.S.C. § 283)
- Permanent Injunctions and EBay v. MercExchange
Course Methodology:
- Course contents downloadable in PDF files to be provided by FICCI at the start of the course
- Courseware to be taught by Randall R. Rader, Chief Judge from US through 13 recorded sessions of 2 hours each.
- Online Examination having Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ's)
- Issuance of Certificates to successful Participants
Registration Form:
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URL:
http://ficciusplp.ficciipcourse.in/
Course Fees:
- Rs. 28,090/- (includes Rs. 25,000/- as course fees and Rs. 3090/- as Service Tax @12.36%)
Payment Procedure:
- Payment for the Course, as applicable, must be made through Cheque / DD in favour of "FICCI", payable at New Delhi.
- Application form along with the course fees is to be sent to FICCI through courier/speed post, addressed to:
Ms. Vedika Sidhu
Research Associate,
IPR Division, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI),
Federation House,
Tansen Marg,
New Delhi - 110001
Phone: +91-7042555788
Important Dates:
Registration Start Date: |
1st August, 2015 |
Registration Closing Date: |
11th September, 2015 |
Conduct of the Course: |
September 2015 - December 2015 |
Contact:
Ms. Vedika Sidhu
Research Associate,
IPR Division, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI),
Federation House, Tansen Marg,
New Delhi - 110 001
Phone: 011-23487477, +91-7042555788
Email: vedika.sidhu@ficci.com, ipcourse@ficci.com
Website: http://ficciusplp.ficciipcourse.in/
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