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Industrial and Intellectual Property Law

IBL703

Course CodeIBL703
ECTS

Course Description

The aim of this unit is to enable learners to gain an understanding of regulatory and legislative requirements relating to industrial and intellectual property laws. Learners will examine relevant issues including financial strategy, debt and equity management, the key drivers of shareholder value, corporate governance, and asset portfolio management.

Course Objectives

The aim of this unit is to enable learners to gain an understanding of regulatory and legislative requirements relating to industrial and intellectual property laws. Learners will examine relevant issues including financial strategy, debt and equity management, the key drivers of shareholder value, corporate governance, and asset portfolio management.

Key Topics

  1. LO1: Understand the underlying rules relating to intellectual property laws.
  2. LO2: Understand the associated laws and procedures relating to copyright and trademark laws and the impact of jurisprudence of EU IP law on the UK.
  3. LO3: Understand the different forms of industrial property rights.
  4. LO4: Understand the remedies available for breach of intellectual property law.

Course Outline

WeekTopics
1Foundations and Theoretical Justifications of Intellectual Property
2Taxonomy of Intellectual Property and Public Interest Balancing
3Breach of Confidence and Trade Secrets Protection
4Copyright Principles and International Harmonisation
5Trademark Law and Transnational Registration Systems
6Infringement, Defences, and Limitations in Copyright and Trademarks
7Industrial Design Law and International Frameworks
MidtermMidterm evaluation
9Comparative Design Rights: Registered versus Unregistered Regimes
10Sanctions and Remedies for Intellectual Property Misuse
11Administrative and Procedural Mechanisms for Industrial Property Enforcement
12Applying Industrial and Intellectual Property Law in practice: case studies
13Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
14Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
15Review and coursework completion
FinalFinal assessment and submission

Learning Outcomes

  1. LO1 Understand the underlying rules relating to intellectual property laws.
  2. 1.1 Analyse the term ‘intellectual property’.
  3. 1.2 Explain subject matters of intellectual property rights.
  4. 1.3 Evaluate types of intellectual property and associated laws.
  5. 1.4 Critically analyse the impacts of intellectual property on public interest.
  6. 1.5 Analyse issues relating to the breach of confidential information in the intellectual property.
  7. LO2 Understand the associated laws and procedures relating to copyright and trademark laws and the impact of jurisprudence of EU IP law on the UK.
  8. 2.1 Analyse the underlying principles of copyright.
  9. 2.2 Evaluate trademark and its various elements to protect words and symbols.
  10. 2.3 Compare and contrast the forms of copyright laws in the UK and internationally.
  11. 2.4 Analyse the framework of trademark law as operated in the UK, Europe and internationally.
  12. 2.5 Evaluate limits, enforcement and infringement of copyright and trademark.
  13. LO3 Understand the different forms of industrial property rights.
  14. 3.1 Critically analyse the justifications for intellectual property.
  15. 3.2 Analyse law of industrial designs.
  16. 3.3 Compare and contrast the UK law national registered design right and an unregistered design right system.
  17. LO4 Understand the remedies available for breach of intellectual property law.
  18. 4.1 Evaluate the application of sanctions for misuse of intellectual property including civil and criminal remedies.
  19. 4.2 Evaluate legal and administrative modes to apply for or to deal with infringement of industrial property rights.
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