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Undergraduate Course: Intellectual Property (LAWS10087)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Law CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) AvailabilityAvailable to all students
SCQF Credits40 ECTS Credits20
SummaryThe law of intellectual property, copyright, patents, designs, trade marks, passing off, confidential information and other forms of intellectual property; international and European Community aspects; and issues in the law of intellectual property.
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered
Learning Outcomes
The aims of this course are:

·To develop the analytical and critical skills of students by detailed examination of the relevant legislation, cases, treaties and other legal instruments governing intellectual property law in the UK, Europe and beyond;
·To foster critical understanding and evaluation of areas of controversy within this area of law;
·To instil in students an ability to criticise constructively current laws and to suggest and evaluate possible reforms;
·To develop the written and oral skills of students through class discussion and written assessments.

By the end of this course students should be able:

·To identify the current law in the United Kingdom and Europe as it relates to intellectual property;
·To differentiate between the approaches of the UK, Europe and other legal systems towards the protection of intellectual property;
·To comment critically on the current state of the law in these systems;
·To identify the problems currently beleaguering the said systems in the field;
·To propose viable alternative means by which the problems could be circumvented.
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
KeywordsIntel Prop
Contacts
Course organiserMs Smita Kheria
Tel:
Email: smita.kheria@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMs Krystal Hanley
Tel: (0131 6)50 2056
Email: Krystal.Hanley@ed.ac.uk
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