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Level 7 Diploma in International Business Law

Infringement, Defences, and Limitations in Copyright and Trademarks

IBL703 · Industrial and Intellectual Property Law — Week 6 of 16

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This week’s topics

Infringement, Defences, and Limitations in Copyright and Trademarks

  1. Primary and secondary copyright infringement
  2. Trademark likelihood of confusion and dilution
  3. Statutory fair dealing exemptions
  4. Exhaustion of rights and parallel imports
  5. Intellectual Property | Digital Industry | Copyright
  6. The Fair Use Doctrine

What you will be able to do

  • 2.5 Evaluate limits, enforcement and infringement of copyright and trademark.

Activity

Start with this week’s 2 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: evaluate limits, enforcement and infringement of copyright and trademark.

Study materials

Videos

  • Intellectual Property | Digital Industry | Copyright · YouTube · Invest Northern Ireland · 24 min · for registered students
  • The Fair Use Doctrine · YouTube · Alanis Business Academy · 5 min · for registered students
  • Artificial intelligence, intellectual property and the creative industries | LSE Event · YouTube · LSE · 92 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 · Reading · legislation.gov.uk, legislation · for registered students
  • Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) (text) · PDF · Wto, legislation · for registered students
  • Understanding Copyright and Related Rights (WIPO, 2016) · PDF · Wipo, guidance; 40 pages · for registered students
Materials marked “for registered students” open in the student portal, which is set up as soon as you receive final acceptance.
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Foundations and Theoretical Justifications of Intellectual …
  • Week 2: Taxonomy of Intellectual Property and Public Interest Balan…
  • Week 3: Breach of Confidence and Trade Secrets Protection
  • Week 4: Copyright Principles and International Harmonisation
  • Week 5: Trademark Law and Transnational Registration Systems
  • Week 6: Infringement, Defences, and Limitations in Copyright and Tr…
  • Week 7: Industrial Design Law and International Frameworks
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Comparative Design Rights: Registered versus Unregistered R…
  • Week 10: Sanctions and Remedies for Intellectual Property Misuse
  • Week 11: Administrative and Procedural Mechanisms for Industrial Pro…
  • Week 12: Applying Industrial and Intellectual Property Law in practi…
  • 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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