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Level 6 Diploma in Accounting and Business

Intellectual Property Rights and Strategy

AB601 · Corporate and Business Law — Week 6 of 16

CourseAB601
Week6 of 16
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This week’s topics

Intellectual Property Rights and Strategy

  1. Statutory regimes for patents, trademarks, copyright, and designs
  2. Registration mechanisms and infringement remedies
  3. Strategic value and IP protection in modern enterprise
  4. Trademarks - Intellectual Property Office
  5. Intellectual Property | Digital Industry | Copyright
  6. Introduction to Intellectual Property
  7. SIMS 141 - Intellectual Property & Search: Jason Schultz,...

What you will be able to do

  • 3.1 Identify different forms of intellectual property.
  • 3.2 Explain the protection available for intellectual property.
  • 3.3 Assess the importance of intellectual property protection for a specific business organisation.

Activity

Start with this week’s 4 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: identify different forms of intellectual property.

Study materials

Videos

  • Trademarks - Intellectual Property Office · YouTube · Invest Northern Ireland · 24 min · for registered students
  • Intellectual Property | Digital Industry | Copyright · YouTube · Invest Northern Ireland · 24 min · for registered students
  • Introduction to Intellectual Property · YouTube · Galton College · 16 min · for registered students
  • Trade-related Intellectual Property rights · YouTube · World Trade Organization · 12 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Intellectual property: an overview (GOV.UK) · Reading · GOV.UK, guidance · for registered students
  • Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 · Reading · legislation.gov.uk, legislation · for registered students
  • Trade Marks Act 1994 · Reading · legislation.gov.uk, legislation · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: English Legal Framework
  • Week 2: Law of Contract and Obligations
  • Week 3: Sale of Goods and Supply of Services
  • Week 4: Competition and Anti-Trust Framework
  • Week 5: Cross-Border Competition and International Trade
  • Week 6: Intellectual Property Rights and Strategy
  • Week 7: Company Formation and Constitution
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Corporate Capital and Financing
  • Week 10: Company Management and Administration
  • Week 11: Corporate Fraud, Financial Crime, and Insolvency
  • Week 12: Applying Corporate and Business Law in practice: case studi…
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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