Postgraduate Course: Intellectual Property Law: Industrial Property (LAWS11257)
Course Outline
| School | School of Law |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | The purpose of this module is to consider the law relating to patents, trade marks, passing off and breach of confidence within their institutional setting at international, European and national levels. 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 will be analysed. 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. |
| Course description |
1. International & European regulation of trade marks and patents
2. Patents 1
3. Patents 2
4. Patents 3
5. Breach of confidence
6. Trade marks 1
7. Trade marks 2
8. Passing off
9. Free movement of goods
10.Current issues
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | Please contact the distance learning team at escript.support@ed.ac.uk |
| 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 | Please contact the distance learning team at escript.support@ed.ac.uk |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2014/15, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 2 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Seminar/Tutorial Hours 40,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
156 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
One essay of up to 4,000 words (60%); one individual assignment (20%); contribution to weekly online discussions throughout the semester (20%). Requirements for all module assessment will be outlined to students within the individual modules at the start of each semester. |
| Feedback |
Not entered |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
The aims of this course are to:
1. Highlight the institutional framework in which policy is formulated and law developed in the areas of patents and trade marks;
2. Investigate how rights may be registered at international, European and national level;
3. Consider the impact of international policy making on the scope of the rights;
4. Explore how the rights may be infringed;
5. 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:
1. Appreciate the variety of institutions involved in the intellectual property field and understand their role and functions in policy making;
2. Understand the mechanisms available for registering rights and the reasons for the rules on which registration rests;
3. Identify the rights in practice, explain their scope and identify when those rights may be infringed;
4. Critically assess the development of the law and how changes in the law affect different interests;
5. 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.
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Ms Jane Cornwell
Tel: (0131 6)50 2012
Email: Jane.Cornwell@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mr Douglas Thompson
Tel: (0131 6)50 2022
Email: D.Thompson@ed.ac.uk |
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