| Title: | Intellectual Property Law |
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| Long Title: | Intellectual Property Law |
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| Valid From: |
Semester 1 - 2016/17 ( September 2016 ) |
| Module Delivered in |
no programmes
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| Module Coordinator: |
Pio Fenton |
| Module Author: |
COLIN MANNING |
| Module Description: |
Intellectual property law seeks to advance cultural and technological development by incentivising investment in intangible properties. The law tries to find the right balance between rewarding the owners of
intellectual property and the needs of society to gain access to scientific, technological, or cultural developments. Intellectual property includes copyright, patents, trademarks, and trade secrets. This modules outlines the origins of these trade-offs, the choices societies have made, and explores the differences between European and English & Irish law. |
| Learning Outcomes |
| On successful completion of this module the learner will be able to: |
| LO1 |
Describe the objectives of intellectual property |
| LO2 |
Describe the conflicting rights of intellectual property owners and the wider society |
| LO3 |
Describe the processes for obtaining copyright, patent, and trademark protections in Ireland and Europe and the scope of the protections |
| LO4 |
Critically assess the policy aims of Irish and EU legislative approaches to IP law and evaluate their effectiveness |
| LO5 |
Identify the challenges posed by new technologies to Intellectual Property protections |
| Pre-requisite learning |
Module Recommendations
This is prior learning (or a practical skill) that is strongly recommended before enrolment in this module. You may enrol in this module if you have not acquired the recommended learning but you will have considerable difficulty in passing (i.e. achieving the learning outcomes of) the module. While the prior learning is expressed as named CIT module(s) it also allows for learning (in another module or modules) which is equivalent to the learning specified in the named module(s). |
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Incompatible Modules
These are modules which have learning outcomes that are too similar to the learning outcomes of this module. You may not earn additional credit for the same learning and therefore you may not enrol in this module if you have successfully completed any modules in the incompatible list. |
| No incompatible modules listed |
Co-requisite Modules
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| No Co-requisite modules listed |
Requirements
This is prior learning (or a practical skill) that is mandatory before enrolment in this module is allowed. You may not enrol on this module if you have not acquired the learning specified in this section.
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| No requirements listed |
Module Content & Assessment
| Indicative Content |
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Justifications for Intellectual Property
Instrumental Justifications, Droit d'auteur
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Sources of Intellectual Property Law
English Common Law, Irish Law, EU Legislation, Harmonisation
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Copyright
Development of copyright, idea/expression dichotomy, copyright responses to the Internet
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Trademarks
Passing off, Irish Trademark Law, EU Trademark Harmonisation
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Patents
EU Patent Law
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Trade Secrets
Trade Secrets, the law of confidence
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Domain Name Law
ICANN, Domain Names, UDRP
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| Assessment Breakdown | % |
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| Course Work | 50.00% |
| End of Module Formal Examination | 50.00% |
| Course Work |
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| Assessment Type |
Assessment Description |
Outcome addressed |
% of total |
Assessment Date |
| Essay |
Essay on Intellectual Property law |
1,2 |
25.0 |
Week 6 |
| Essay |
Essay on contemporary issues in Intellectual Property policy |
4,5 |
25.0 |
Week 10 |
| End of Module Formal Examination |
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| Assessment Type |
Assessment Description |
Outcome addressed |
% of total |
Assessment Date |
| Formal Exam |
End of Semester Formal Exam |
1,2,3,4,5 |
50.0 |
End-of-Semester |
| Reassessment Requirement |
Repeat examination
Reassessment of this module will consist of a repeat examination. It is possible that there will also be a requirement to be reassessed in a coursework element.
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The institute reserves the right to alter the nature and timings of assessment
Module Workload
| Workload: Full Time |
| Workload Type |
Workload Description |
Hours |
Frequency |
Average Weekly Learner Workload |
| Lecture |
Intellectual Property Theory |
3.0 |
Every Week |
3.00 |
| Tutorial |
Discussion |
1.0 |
Every Week |
1.00 |
| Independent & Directed Learning (Non-contact) |
Theory |
3.0 |
Every Week |
3.00 |
| Total Hours |
7.00 |
| Total Weekly Learner Workload |
7.00 |
| Total Weekly Contact Hours |
4.00 |
| Workload: Part Time |
| Workload Type |
Workload Description |
Hours |
Frequency |
Average Weekly Learner Workload |
| Lecture |
Intellectual Porperty Theory |
3.0 |
Every Week |
3.00 |
| Tutorial |
Discussion |
1.0 |
Every Week |
1.00 |
| Independent & Directed Learning (Non-contact) |
Theory |
3.0 |
Every Week |
3.00 |
| Total Hours |
7.00 |
| Total Weekly Learner Workload |
7.00 |
| Total Weekly Contact Hours |
4.00 |
Module Resources
| Recommended Book Resources |
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- David Bainbridge 2012, Intellectual Property, 9 Ed., Pearson London [ISBN: 978140828323]
| | Supplementary Book Resources |
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- Lionel Bently & Brad Sherman 2014, Intellectual Property Law, 4 Ed., Oxford University Press Oxford [ISBN: 9780199645558]
- William Cornish, David Llewelyn, Tanya Aplin 2013, Intellectual Property: Patents, Copyrights, Trademarks & Allied Rights, 8 Ed., Sweet & Maxwell London [ISBN: 978184703923]
| | This module does not have any article/paper resources |
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| Other Resources |
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- Website: Irish Patents Office
- Website: UK Intellectual Property Office
- Website: European Union Intellectual Property
Office
- Website: European Patent Office
- Website: World Intellectual Property Organization
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