Intellectual Property and Media Law Practice

Introduction to Intellectual Property and Media Law Practice

This course is co-certified by MEPSC and Skill India, a sector skill council under the aegis of NSDC, and therefore recognized by the Government of India under the Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship.

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Course Fee: INR 3,000

Course Duration: 1 month

Access to study materials: 3 months

Class timing range8-9 pm on weekdays or Saturdays, or on Sundays

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Class frequency: Once per week

Class duration: 1 - 1.5 hours

For law students only

Do you have an interest in intellectual property laws? Do you want to learn the work performed by intellectual property lawyers on an everyday basis?

Do you want to work as an in-house counsel in the media and entertainment sector, in the sports or fashion industry?

Do you want to work in an intellectual property law firm or in the IP team of a corporate law firm?

Do you want to work as an IP litigator?

Have you faced any of the following situations?

Applied for internships and jobs at several law firms but didn’t receive any response.
Participated in career fairs hoping to find a job.
Searched for available positions on LinkedIn and other job portals, but did not secure an interview call.
Secured internships but failed to convert them into a job offer or a call back for another internship.
Struggled to secure enough meaningful work in your internship.

Most common reasons myths about how to get a job or an internship as an IP lawyer

I need to do well in moots to get a job or internship as an IP lawyer.
I need to publish a lot of articles to get an internship or a job in an intellectual property law firm.
Only toppers in law schools can get good IP law firm jobs.
The placement committee of my law school will help me to get a job in the area of my interest.
I can pursue any online intellectual property law course to showcase my skills to a recruiter.
Real learning and exposure are possible only from internships.
Seniors at law firms will mentor and train us in internships.
NLU students will always be preferred for job opportunities at IP law firms.
2nd and 3rd generation lawyers will always do better than first-generation lawyers.

Do you know the biggest challenge faced by law students?

They do not know about the work performed by IP lawyers every day!

Unfortunately, searching on the internet does not provide those insights. You can try it out for yourself.

One does not develop expertise in intellectual property laws by reading the Copyright Act, the Trademarks Act or the Patents Act, or reading about the TRIPs Agreement (Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights). One has to understand the everyday work performed by intellectual property lawyers by working in a law firm, as litigators, or as in-house counsels and learn that.

Some law students restrict their learning to registration work under trademarks, copyright or patent law. In their worldview, this is all that exists in the world of intellectual property law.

Not true! Registration work is the lowest end of the value chain for lawyers. Margins charged for registration services are razor-thin, and the market is very competitive.

There are various other categories of work, such as prosecution, licensing work and contracts, and litigation work, described in more detail below, which are much more rewarding and profitable.

It is not sufficient to learn registration-related work alone to be job-ready. One needs to be able to draft contracts and various kinds of opposition documents, appeals and litigation-related documents.

Types of work performed by IP lawyers

You already know about registration work, so let me explain other types of work to you here.

IP watch services and portfolio management - This work is used to monitor a large brand’s portfolio. From time to time, one needs to initiate action against others who adopt similar or confusing marks, through cease and desist notices, opposition or litigation. The first part of this is a ‘watch’ service to manage the portfolio of the existing IP of a brand.
Prosecution and opposition work, to raise objections or defend one’s own registration claim when there is an objection. The work is undertaken before the registry and the examiners. A dissatisfied party may also appeal to the Intellectual Property Appellate Board or IPAB.
Trademark franchising, licensing and assignment-related work to monetize intellectual property in the fashion industry, manufacturing, consumer durables, telecom, pharmaceutical and other industry segments.
In the movie and music industry: Contracts for creation and distribution of movies, music, films, product placements, advertisement contracts, etc.
Actions against online infringement of IP, usually in the form of various takedown notices under Indian law or under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)
Anti-counterfeiting work, including actions before the customs authorities to prevent the import of counterfeit products
Criminal action for breach of intellectual property rights
Intellectual property litigation, such as passing-off and infringement claims and arbitration from breach of contracts

Career opportunities in intellectual property laws

Work with IP law firms such as Anand & Anand, Saikrishna and Associates, Remfry & Sagar, Kochhar & Co., SS Rana & Co., etc.
Work in the IP practice of full-service law firms such as Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas, AZB & Partners, Khaitan & Co., JSA, L&L Partners Law Offices (Luthra)
Work with intellectual property litigators
Work as an in-house counsel with media and entertainment companies or production houses such as Zee, Dish, Excel Entertainment, Dharma Productions, Balaji Entertainment, Red Chillies Entertainment
Work as an in-house counsel with OTT apps such as Hotstar, Voot, Sony Liv, Zee5, AltBalaji, etc.
Work as an in-house counsel with fashion brands and sports organizations
You can also start an independent practice or your own law firm.

Our 5-step method to identify your interest and prepare for a career in intellectual property laws

#1 - Practice-driven approach to learn about different types of work performed by IP lawyers

The first step is to understand the different types of work performed by intellectual property lawyers.

What is the everyday work of an in-house counsel in intellectual-property focussed industries?

What does a client want from an IP law firm?

What is the work of an intellectual property litigator?

How is the work in the media and entertainment sector different from, say, the fashion industry or counterfeiting work?

How is trademark licensing different from media and entertainment contracts?

Learning the actual work performed by other intellectual property lawyers in different roles provides a better understanding of what is expected from you.

You will learn about this through four live classes, study materials, templates and exercises.

#2 - Problem-solving framework to keep your mind attuned to the client’s commercial intent

What are the problems faced by clients who approach intellectual property lawyers? How do lawyers help them in protecting their brand? How do they initiate actions if someone uses a similar brand name?

What arrangements do clients enter into to monetize their brand? How do lawyers help them in executing such arrangements or taking actions for a breach?

How are actors, directors and other service providers commissioned to create a movie? What forms of arrangements do they enter into to distribute films? What are the commercials of such arrangements? What are the risks in such arrangements?

How does an intellectual property lawyer perform this work for the client? What does his or her output to the client look like?

Self-study, reading case laws, or advice from seniors does not address these questions.

Can you learn this through internships? The real problem statements faced by partners and associates seldom trickle down to the intern. You get to work on a minuscule portion of the problem.

Now, it is extremely difficult to imagine these situations on one’s own and try solving them. In fact, it can take a few months or even years in law school to learn what you can learn in a month.

However, attempting 6 practical exercises in a month will give you the experience of serving a client as an intellectual property lawyer. Imagine solving the real problems dealt with by IP lawyers through exercises in the course. How can one not learn from that?

We curate the situations and training to give you an experience of the most important skills, and that is why you are able to quickly make progress.

You will need to go through the ride to be able to grasp this aspect.

#3 - Focus on improvement through continuous feedback and mentorship

Feedback is very important to improve performance. However, it is rarely provided in our education system.

Although you are given marks for any exam that you attempt or a moot court memorial, there are limited opportunities to specifically identify where and how you can improve in future.

Where it is available, feedback is extremely generic, and you may not receive concrete action points and corrections.

What if you received detailed in-line coaching on how to improve your drafts?

What if you had the opportunity to raise any doubts you faced while attempting the problem or ask further questions on the feedback that you received?

Will it enhance your practical learning and improve your drafting skills?

Will it prepare you better for an internship, or an interview, or a job?

Identification of mistakes and how to improve in future enables you to make rapid progress, march ahead of others, even if they have been reading and studying for months or years.

#4 - Design your future

After you have exposure to the different types of work performed by intellectual property lawyers, you are finally in a position to identify whether you want to learn all aspects of intellectual property laws deeply or whether you want to specialize in a specific kind of work.

Both have different kinds of career opportunities.

For example, if you want to work as an independent practitioner or start an intellectual property law firm, having a generalized understanding of trademark prosecution and litigation, trademark licensing, media and entertainment contracts and a broad understanding of patent prosecution and licensing will be extremely useful to advise your own clients, or to hire partners and juniors for different types of work.

If you specialize in one area, such as media and entertainment laws, you can work in the media and entertainment practice of a law firm such as Naik & Naik, or an in-house counsel at a production house (e.g. Excel Entertainment), or as an in-house counsel in a technology company which has an OTT app.

If you specialize in patents, you can expect to get work related to telecom, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, manufacturing (occasionally), and similar industries.

If you want to be a litigator, you may choose to learn various kinds of infringement, passing-off litigation work, criminal and customs-related enforcement aspects of intellectual property.

Now, most young lawyers complete their law school journey having a vague idea of how to cultivate their passion for intellectual property laws.

In contrast, you will be able to arrive at this point in one month.

From here onward, you can acquire the skills necessary to build a career of your choice, create a portfolio of work, publish articles and use these accomplishments to secure real-life opportunities.

Every step that you take will make you progress by leaps and bounds.

Those who want to proceed with further specialization and build their career in intellectual property laws will also have the opportunity to pursue in-depth learning in their chosen field of interest through our Executive Certificate and Diploma courses and build further expertise.

#5: Obtain placement assistance

Once you have done some focussed skill-acquisition on intellectual property laws, it is time to seek out opportunities!

Apart from performing simulation exercises, we will also guide you on sharing your learnings in your professional network and reaching out to seniors and mentors.

Many of our students have been able to secure work or internship and job opportunities because of persistent outreach efforts.

In addition, you will have access to placement assistance from our placement cell for obtaining internships. Every week, we successfully assist tens of law students in securing internships and job opportunities. We had successfully guided 50 law students in securing internships in under two months of lockdown!

Please note that securing internships and jobs are not guaranteed. However, if you follow the advice given by the placement cell, your chances of securing internships and job opportunities will significantly increase.

You must ensure that you complete all the course work to be eligible for support from our placement cell. You may be asked to acquire additional expertise as well on a subject, or expand your portfolio of work, to ensure that your applications are relevant to the organizations that you want to work at.

In some cases, the placement cell may advise you to improve upon basics, such as written English or grammar, which you should act upon.

This will maximise your chances of success.

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If you take this course, follow it diligently for a month, do all the exercises on time but still do not find value in it we will refund the entire course fee to you. Please refer to our refund policy for more details.

Note: This is an introductory course, meant for law students who want to get started with basics.

Lawyers and other advanced learners are recommended to refer to our more advanced Diplomas or Executive Certificate courses (listed here) pertaining to their area of interest.

Syllabus

Module

Module 1: Registration and monetization of Trademarks

Chapter: Overview of trademarks (classification and search)
Chapter: How to register a trademark in India
Chapter: Step by step trademark prosecution process

Examination of the application
Pre publication objection
Submission in support of show cause hearing
Preparing a user affidavit
Notice of opposition
How to file a counter statement
Affidavits under rule 45/46/47

Chapter: Trademark infringement and passing off
Chapter: Trademark licensing
Video: How to file application for a sound trademark
Video: Process for registration or issue of trademark certificate
Template: TM Registration form, Reply to objection report, Notice of opposition

Module 2: Rights of copyright owners and enforcement

Chapter: What to copyright and rights of copyright owners
Chapter: Registration of Copyright
Chapter: Copyright infringement and practical remedies
Chapter: Copyright Societies
Chapter: Takedown notices under DMCA
Template: Sample Takedown notice of copyrighted content

Module 3: Agreements and disputes in Media law

Chapter: CBFC Process and Disputes related to films and OTT platforms

Censorship and central Board of film certification
Regulations for content released on OTT Platforms
Issues of litigation in films and OTT platforms

Chapter: Contracts and licenses in music industry

Synchronisation License Agreements
Music Production Agreements
Music Distribution Agreements

Chapter: Contracts and licenses in film industry

Film Distribution Agreements
Option Purchase Agreements
Product Placement Agreements

Chapter: Disputes surrounding advertisements: Comparative advertising and disparagement
Video: Explanation of Synchronisation of rights, drafting of recitals, principle of de minimis
Template: Synchronization license, Product placement agreement.

Module 4: Patent licensing and prosecution

Chapter: Patent application and registration process in India
Chapter: Patent specification and claims
Chapter:Patent prosecution and litigation (Pre and post grant prosecution and infringement suits)
Chapter: Licensing in patents (Patent licensing agreements, cross licensing agreements, FRAND terms of SEP licensing)
Video: Patentability of software in India
Template: Patent opposition Application, Patent license agreement

Module 5: Fair use, personality rights and introduction to design law

Chapter: Fair use under trademark and media laws (Nominative fair use and Fair dealing)
Chapter: Well known trademarks
Chapter: Personality rights and character rights
Chapter: Design search, classification and registration
Video: What is preferable for software: copyrights or patents

Class Agenda

Class 1: Overview of a trademarks-focussed IPR practice/ trademarks team

Types of Work Performed for Brand Protection: Registration Work, Trademark Watch Services, Prosecution, Licensing, Litigation
Industries that need trademarks services
Offshore trademarks-related work for Indian lawyers

Exercise:
Identify the scope of work to protect a big multinational brand
Conduct a trademark search for a client in the restaurant business
Advice on appropriate trademark classes for registration and monetization strategy
Explain what happens if there is an objection

Class 2: Overview of a media and entertainment laws’ practice

Overview of statutory compliance-related issues, controversies and litigation
Movie creation work
Content acquisition work and types of distribution/ exploitation contracts
Advertising in films

Exercise:
Prepare a list of contracts that a regional language movie producer will require for the following:
Creation of content
Acquisition of content from other content creators
Satellite, digital and theatrical exploitation in India
Further monetization through in-film placements
Merchandising (where applicable)

Class 3: Overview of work in a patent law practice

Types of Work Performed in Patent Law Practice: Registration Work, Prosecution Work (Patent Enforcement and NPEs), Licensing and Litigation
Key industries and controversies: Pharma, Software
Unique aspects of patents work Invention Disclosure Form, SEPs,
Offshore patents-related work for Indian lawyers

Exercise:
What can and cannot be patented
How to conduct patent searches

Class 4: Copyright concepts and Takedown notices

Copyrightability
Copyright infringement
How to deal with infringement of copyrights for blog or vlog content
Copyright licensing

Exercise:
Identify which work is copyrightable
Draft a takedown notice

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Komal Shah

Co-founder and Chief Knowledge Officer, LawSikho, former in-house counsel and company secretary with over a decade of experience in securities, funds and capital markets

Ritisha Mukherjee

Senior Associate, ANM Global, Ex- Excel Entertainment

Abhishek Pareek

Senior Associate, Lawsikho, Former IP Attorney, Ennoble IP

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Commercial litigator, Ex-LawSikho

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Introduction to Intellectual Property and Media Law Practice

Date and Time

For law students only

Have you faced any of the following situations?

Most common reasons myths about how to get a job or an internship as an IP lawyer

Do you know the biggest challenge faced by law students?

Types of work performed by IP lawyers

Career opportunities in intellectual property laws

Our 5-step method to identify your interest and prepare for a career in intellectual property laws

#1 - Practice-driven approach to learn about different types of work performed by IP lawyers

#2 - Problem-solving framework to keep your mind attuned to the client’s commercial intent

#3 - Focus on improvement through continuous feedback and mentorship

#4 - Design your future

#5: Obtain placement assistance

Money-back guarantee

Syllabus

Class Agenda

Class 1: Overview of a trademarks-focussed IPR practice/ trademarks team

Class 2: Overview of a media and entertainment laws’ practice

Class 3: Overview of work in a patent law practice

Class 4: Copyright concepts and Takedown notices

Course Plan

Online Faculty

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