Which Act governs patents in India?
- A.The Patents Act, 1970
- B.The Copyright Act, 1957
- C.The Designs Act, 2000
- D.The Trade Marks Act, 1999
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Explanation
The correct answer is A, the Patents Act, 1970. It replaced the Indian Patents and Designs Act of 1911 on the recommendations of the Ayyangar Committee, allowed only process patents in medicines and food at first, and was amended in 1999, 2002 and 2005 to meet the obligations India accepted at the World Trade Organization. Option B is wrong because the Copyright Act of 1957 protects literary, dramatic, musical and artistic works, films and sound recordings. Option C is wrong because the Designs Act of 2000 protects the shape, pattern and ornament of an article, that is the way it looks. Option D is wrong because the Trade Marks Act of 1999 protects brand names, logos and other distinguishing marks and replaced the Trade and Merchandise Marks Act of 1958.
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Practice Questions
View allIn India, a patent is granted for a term of how many years from the date of filing?
- A.Ten years
- B.Fourteen years
- C.Twenty years
- D.Sixty years
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Under the Patents Act of 1970 as amended, a patent in India runs for twenty years from the date of filing of the application, a term fixed in line with the minimum standard laid down by the TRIPS agreement of the World Trade Organization, and renewal fees must be paid…
Read the full explanation →Copyright in a literary work in India subsists for the lifetime of the author and how many years thereafter?
- A.Twenty years
- B.Fifty years
- C.Sixty years
- D.Seventy years
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Under the Copyright Act of 1957, copyright in a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work lasts for the life of the author and sixty years counted from the beginning of the year following the year of death, after which the work enters the public domain.
Read the full explanation →Which product was the first in India to receive a geographical indication tag?
- A.Basmati rice
- B.Darjeeling tea
- C.Mysore silk
- D.Nagpur orange
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Darjeeling tea, grown on the hill slopes of the Darjeeling district of West Bengal, was the first product registered under the Geographical Indications of Goods Registration and Protection Act of 1999 after the Act came into force, and the Tea Board of India holds the registration.
Read the full explanation →Where is the headquarters of the World Intellectual Property Organization?
- A.Geneva
- B.Paris
- C.New York
- D.Vienna
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The World Intellectual Property Organization was set up by a convention signed in 1967, became a specialised agency of the United Nations in 1974, and has its headquarters at Geneva in Switzerland, where it administers the Paris and Berne Conventions, the Patent Cooperation Treaty and the Madrid system.
Read the full explanation →The TRIPS agreement on intellectual property is administered by which organisation?
- A.World Intellectual Property Organization
- B.World Trade Organization
- C.United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
- D.International Monetary Fund
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The Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights is one of the agreements that came into force with the establishment of the World Trade Organization in 1995, and it binds every member to minimum standards of protection, enforceable through the dispute settlement system of the organisation.
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