Intellectual Property Law (Advanced) module (LW42010)

Intellectual Property Law

Aims

This module aims to:

• introduce students to the nature of intellectual property law, primarily from a UK perspective
• identify and trace the development of intellectual property and the constituent regimes which are collectively referred to as intellectual property law
• examine the fundamental issues of balance between the stakeholders in IP regimes and the tensions arising from the boundaries between constituent regimes
• consider the developing challenges to the credibility of copyright in the digital era and the treatment of biotechnology in relation to patent law
• study the ongoing interaction between new technologies and IP

Examples of content

• introduction to Intellectual Property Law
• copyright
• design rights
• patents
• trade marks
• passing off
• privacy and breach of bonfidence
• the internet and copyright
• revision

SCQF credits

30 credits