Current Affairs Question - 11 March 2022

Consider the following statements with reference to the treaties and conventions related to Intellectual Property Rights:

1. Paris Convention: Under this, any person from a signatory state can apply for a patent or trade mark in any other signatory state, and will be given the same enforcement rights and status as a national of that country would be.
2. Berne Convention: Under this, each member state recognises the copyright of authors from other member states in the same way as the copyright of its own nationals.
3. Madrid Protocol: This is a central system for obtaining a ‘bundle’ of national patent applications in different jurisdictions through a single application.
4. Patent Cooperation Treaty: Under this, a person can file a single trade mark application at their national office that will provide protection in multiple countries.

Which of the statement(s) given above is/are incorrect?

Which of the following Committee proposed that Section 498A of Indian Penal Code be made bailable and compoundable due tomisuseofthissection in the Indian Society?