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Level 7 Diploma in International Business Law

Comparative Design Rights: Registered versus Unregistered Regimes

IBL703 · Industrial and Intellectual Property Law — Week 9 of 16

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This week’s topics

Comparative Design Rights: Registered versus Unregistered Regimes

  1. Statutory scope under the Registered Designs Act
  2. UK unregistered design rights under the CDPA 1988
  3. Qualifying criteria and terms of protection
  4. Evidentiary burdens of proof in design copying

What you will be able to do

  • 3.3 Compare and contrast the UK law national registered design right and an unregistered design right system.

Activity

Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: compare and contrast the UK law national registered design right and an unregistered design right system.

Study materials

Further resources

  • Registered Designs Act 1949 · Reading · legislation.gov.uk, legislation · for registered students
  • Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 · Reading · legislation.gov.uk, legislation · for registered students
  • Looking Good: An Introduction to Industrial Designs for SMEs (WIPO, 2019) · PDF · Wipo, guidance; 36 pages · for registered students
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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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