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Postgraduate Course: Legal Aspects of Managing Intellectual Property (LAWS11339)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Law CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate)
Course typeOnline Distance Learning AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryThe 'Legal aspects of managing intellectual property' module will examine the legal, procedural and related considerations relevant to management of the principal intellectual property ("IP") rights.

The course will address how the principal IP rights are created, identified, protected, owned, transacted, exploited and enforced. Aspects of competition law affecting the commercialisation of IP rights will also be studied.

The primary jurisdictional focus of the course will be the UK and Europe, together with discussion of international registration procedures for registered IP rights.

This module will involve the consideration of a range of legal issues drawing from a range of subject areas, including patent and trade mark practice, contract, commercial law, competition law, international private law and enforcement.
Course description The aims of this module are to:

1. Examine the processes involved in identifying intellectual property owned by commercial concerns, ownership thereof, and registering relevant rights at national, European and international levels;
2. Consider how infringements of intellectual property rights may be monitored and enforced along with the conduct of IP disputes;
3. Investigate the role of competition law in this context;
4. Analyse different methods of exploiting and commercialising IP rights and examine problems relating to jurisdiction, choice of law and enforcement of IP rights in the UK and Europe while additionally considering how these might be best managed.

Session titles

Session 1: Generating IP
Session 2: IP as an asset
Session 3: IP transactions
Session 4: Trade marks
Session 5: Patents
Session 6: Technology transfer
Session 7: Distribution, agency & franchise
Session 8: Exploiting copyright
Session 9: Infringement
Session 10: Litigation
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Students MUST have passed:
Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements Please contact the distance learning team at escript.support@ed.ac.uk
Additional Costs Students must have regular and reliable access to the Internet.
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2015/16, Not available to visiting students (SS1) Quota:  None
Course Start Semester 2
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 200 ( Seminar/Tutorial Hours 40, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 156 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
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 assessments will be outlined to students at the start of each semester.
Feedback Students can expect to receive timely feedback on their assessments.
No Exam Information
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. Recognise the complexities in identifying and managing IP within commercial concerns.
  2. Evaluate the most appropriate mechanisms for protecting, and thereafter exploiting, intellectual property at national, regional and international levels.
  3. Make informed judgements as to the role of competition law in this context.
  4. Analyse and apply the relevant international private law rules to transnational intellectual property disputes, and recognise and evaluate key legal and evidential issues arising in IP disputes.
Reading List
A list of key module readings will be available in advance of the module. Detailed reading lists are then available each week.
Additional Information
Course URL http://edin.ac/1Dwu8Ua
Graduate Attributes and Skills Students will develop their skills and abilities in:

1. Research and enquiry, through e.g. selecting and deploying appropriate research techniques;
2. Personal and intellectual autonomy, e.g. developing the ability to independently assess the relevance and importance of primary and secondary sources;
3. Communication, e.g. skills in summarising and communicating information and ideas effectively in written form;
4. Personal effectiveness, e.g. working constructively as a member of an online community;
5. Students will also develop their technical/practical skills, throughout the module, e.g. in articulating, evidencing and sustaining a line of argument, and engaging in a convincing critique of another¿s arguments.
Special Arrangements This course is taught by online distance learning.
Additional Class Delivery Information This course is taught by online distance learning.
KeywordsNot entered
Contacts
Course organiserMs Jane Cornwell
Tel: (0131 6)50 2012
Email:
Course secretaryMs Clare Polson
Tel: (0131 6)51 4411
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