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Valid for year : 2004
 
TEIE12 Intellectual property rights, 3 ECTS credits.
/Intellectual property rights/

For:   D   IT   SOC   Y  

 

Prel. scheduled hours: 18
Rec. self-study hours: 62

  Area of Education: Law

Subject area: Industrial Economics

  Advancement level (A-D): D

Aim:
The aim of this course is to let the students learn about the kind of innovative technical work thet can be protected by IPRs and how companies with respect to IPRs make business assessments. After completed course, the students are supposed to have capacity to solve, on their own hand, minor juridical questions within â?oIntellectual Property Rights". They should also be able to follow and understand more complex juridical discussions.

Prerequisites: (valid for students admitted to programmes within which the course is offered)


Note: Admission requirements for non-programme students usually also include admission requirements for the programme and threshhold requirements for progression within the programme, or corresponding.

Organisation:
10 Lectures, 6 h individual studies 60h

Course contents:
The focus of the course will be on the Intellectual Property Rights. The legal issues of Patents, Trademarks, Design and Copyright will be discussed, as well as the questions on the differentpossibilities of protecting computer soft- and hardware. Questions related to the commercialisation of IP rights throughout license- agreements, Trade secrets and the marketing legislation will also be included in the course.

Course literature:
Compendium and hand-outs

Examination:
Two hand-in assignements and a written project assignement and presentation.
2 p
 



Course language is English.
Department offering the course: EKI.
Director of Studies: Maria Boyce
Examiner: Georg Hellgren

Course Syllabus in Swedish

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Last updated: 11/24/2003