Industrial Property

Code

LAWW3104

School

Law

Level

3

Credits

20

Semesters

Spring UK

Summary

The module will deal with patents and trademarks. In both cases the requirements for the granting of the right, revocation and infringement issues, issues of economic rationale and issues of international and EU background and exploitation will be discussed. Passing-off will be discussed as an alternative or addition to trademark law and the law of confidence will be discussed in the context of patent law.

Target Students

Only available to UG Final Year students in the School of Law and exchange students hosted by the School of Law.

Classes

This module is taught through a combination of lectures and tutorials.

Assessment

• 100% Exam (3-hour): Electronic examination.

Assessed by end of spring semester

Educational Aims

Learning Outcomes

Students will develop an understanding and in-depth knowledge of the nature and function of industrial property rights and the law relating to them, both in a domestic, an EU and an international context. 

Students will develop the intellectual skills to analyse problems in relation to immaterial rights, their social and economic background and their operation in a modern society.

Students will develop the professional practical skills to analyse problems in this area and to address the legal issues raised by them. This includes the examination of patent and trade mark applications, as well as infringement issues. Strategies for clients and their development are also part of this.

In terms of transferable skills the module emphasises the critical examination of the nature and purpose of legal rules in a particular context, and the legal techniques of analysis and critique, the interpretation of primary sources of law and the application of legal knowledge and skills to practical problems.

Conveners

• Professor Paul Torremans