Intellectual property and personal data protection 1100-3BB11

Course framework
I/Basic notions concerning the intellectual property

II/Division of the intellectual property
1/history and sources of the protection of copyright,
2/ history and sources of the protection of industrial property,
3/ history and sources of the protection of know-how.

III/ Copyright law
1/The subject of the copyright law
a/What is a creation in the understanding of the copyright law?
b/Who is a creator, a co-creator, in the understanding of the copyright law?
c/ When an employer and a scientific institution acquire a status of a subject of the copyright law?
3/ The content of the copyright law
a/types of the copyright,
b/ lasting time of the copyright,
c/transfer of the copyright, inheritance, legal agreements concerning the copyright,
d/ protection of the copyright,
e/ allowable use of protected creations;
4/A plagiarism
a/ a nature of a plagiarism,
b/ types of plagiarism,
c/premises of civil and criminal liability;
5/Cases from academic life concerning among others:
a/establishing an author of the diploma thesis within an aspect of the copyright law,
b/ establishing, within an aspect of the copyright law, the rights to publish the diploma thesis,
6/Sanctions

IV/The industrial property law
1/ The subject of the industrial property law and types of industrial property rights:
a/ trade marks: the notion and content of a trade mark in the understanding of the industrial property law, types of trade marks, rules for granting the protection right for a trade mark, principles of protection,
b/inventions: the notion of an invention in the understanding of the industrial property law, categories of inventions, rules for granting a patent, principles of protection,
c/utility models: the notion of a utility model in the understanding of the industrial property law, premises for granting the protection right for a utility model, principles of protection,
d/industrial designs: the notion of an industrial design in the understanding of the industrial property law, premises for granting the registration rights, principles of protection,
e/ geographical indications: the notion of a geographical indication in the understanding of the industrial property law, functions of geographical indications, premises for granting the registration rights, principles of protection,
f/topographies of integrated circuits: the notion of a topography of an integrated circuit in the understanding of the industrial property law, rules for granting the registration rights, principles of protection.
2/Basic principles concerning industrial property rights.

V/ Personal data protection
1/Subject and object of protection,
2/Legal definitions,
3/ Personal data protection authority,
4/ Principles of personal data treatment,
5/Protection of personal data,
6/Sanctions.

Expected workload of a student:
1/participation in the activities: 30h
2/ preparation for the exam: about 16h