Introduction to International Protection of Intellectual Property 2105-EPE-L-D1IPIP
Intellectual Property Law – the notion and scope of application.
Intellectual Property Law and Intellectual Property Rights.
IP Rights – general characteristics – copyright protection and industrial property law protection.
IP Law – sources.
Copyright.
Moral and economic components of a copyright
Right to authorship and plagiarism.
Industrial property rights.
Course coordinators
Type of course
Mode
General: Self-reading Classroom | Term 2024Z: Classroom Self-reading |
Learning outcomes
A student knows the most important features of intellectual property rights and their sorts, the legal means of protection of intellectual property rights and the most important kinds of their infringements, in particular the notion of plagiarism.
Assessment criteria
Multiple choice test.
Practical placement
Does not concern.
Bibliography
WIPO Intellectual Property Handbook:
http://www.wipo.int/edocs/pubdocs/en/intproperty/489/wi po_pub_489.pdf
International IP treaties:
http://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/
H. G. Ruse-Khan, The Protection of Intellectual Property in International Law, 2016;
D.J. Gervais (ed.), International Intellectual Property: a Handbook of Contemporary Research, Chetltenham, UK, Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 2015
M. Kennedy, WTO Dispute Settlement and the TRIPS Agreement: Applying Intellectual Property Standards in a Trade Law Framework, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2016
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