Specialisation Seminar - Intellectual property. Contemporary problems of protection 2200-1F009

The analysis will cover specific intellectual property rights and copyrights. Within the scope of harmonisation of the intellectual property rights in the European Union, the judgements of the Court of Justice of the European Union will be analysed. The seminar will discuss the principal aspects of the specific rights affecting the current interpretations of the scope of protection of those rights. The analysis of specific rights will be focused first of all on the related restrictions in order to present the relations between the protected exclusivity and the admissible actions of third parties. The examples discussed during the classes will enable the students to understand the merits and importance of protection of intellectual property rights, as well as the impact of those rights on the functioning of societies and economies. The analysis will include such rights as: patents, protective rights to trademarks, design registration rights, geographical indications and copyrights, with particular focus on the so-called online breaches. The classes allow developing the knowledge obtained during the lecture entitled Rights to intangible assets, and expanding the knowledge presented during the module entitled Intellectual property law and intangible goods.The participants will be able to learn about the key and current aspects of protection of intellectual property rights. During the classes, judgments of the CJEU and the case law of national courts are used.

Sample topics :
1) Intellectual property rights in the fundamental rights system (inter alia how do intellectual property rights impact the freedom of speech and freedom of creativity);
2) Public interest, morality and good practices vs. intellectual property law;
3) Direct and indirect violations of intellectual property rights;
4) Infringer – what does it mean?
5) Special forms of infringement in the online environment;
6) Single good – multiple intellectual property rights;
7) Exhaustion – inexhaustible source of doubts.
8) Which compensation is proportional and fair?;
9) Abuse of intellectual property rights;
10) Artificial intelligence as a challenge to intellectual property rights.
11) Sccope of protection of individual intellectual property rights - the most important interpretation problems;
12) Enforcement of intellectual property rights. How Directive 2004/48 changes the landscape.
13) Medicinal products and patenting;