Postgraduate Course: Intellectual Property Law: Industrial Property (LAWS11257)
Course Outline
| School | School of Law |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | Law |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | The purpose of this module is to consider the law relating to patents, trade marks, passing off, breach of confidence within their institutional setting at International, European and national level. Recent years have witnessed an expansion in the scope of these intellectual property rights, and having examined the institutional setting in which policy is formed, the reach and impact of these rights within individual territories. The sessions will also highlight areas of particular topicality where these rights have an impact such as: access to medicines; biotechnology; domain names and computer programs. The module will also consider, from a primarily European perspective, the relation between IP rights and free movement of goods.
Session titles are:
-International & European regulation of trade marks and patents
-Trade marks 1
-Trade marks 2
-Passing off
-Patents 1
-Patents 2
-Patents 3
-Breach of confidence
-Free movement of goods
-Current issues |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | Students should have regular and reliable access to the Internet. Print consumables are recommended to provide hard copy of some on screen materials. |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | No |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2011/12 Semester 2, Available to all students (SV1)
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WebCT enabled: No |
Quota: None |
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Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
The aims of this course are to:
-Highlight the institutional framework in which policy is formulated and law developed in the areas of patents and trade marks;
-Investigate how rights may be registered at international, European and national level;
-Consider the impact of international policy making on the scope of the rights;
-Explore how the rights may be infringed;
-Consider the interests that the law protects and investigate the extent to which it is successful in balancing those interests.
By the end of this course the student will be able to:
-Appreciate the variety of institutions involved in the intellectual property field and understand their role and functions in policy making;
-Understand the mechanisms available for registering rights and the reasons for the rules on which registration rests;
-Identify the rights in practice, explain their scope and identify when those rights may be infringed;
-Critically assess the development of the law and how changes in the law affect different interests;
-Be aware of current developments in the law and be able to contribute in an informed manner to the ongoing debate as to the proper role of these rights. |
Assessment Information
| One essay of up to 5,000 words (60%); one piece of assessed work (20%); contribution to online discussions (20%). |
Special Arrangements
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Additional Information
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Ms Jane Cornwell
Tel: (0131 6)50 2012
Email: Jane.Cornwell@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Clare Neilson
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Email: clare.neilson@ed.ac.uk |
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