In this course we will examine the relevant international and European law governing the two major areas of intellectual property, patents and copyright with a view to understanding their role in regulating technological development. The course will focus on the way in which the law understands and balances the competing rights of technology creators, technology users and the owners of intellectual property rights in that technology. It will examine the extent to which the balance achieved by intellectual property law favours societal interests in technological innovation.
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materiale didattico
History and Theory of Intellectual Property
Intellectual Property Harmonization at the International and European Levels I: From the Paris Convention of 1883 to the Marrakesh Treaty of 2013
Intellectual Property Harmonization at the International and European Levels II: The World Trade Organization Agreement on Trade-related Aspects of Intellectual Property
Intellectual Property Harmonization at the International and European Levels III: The EU Directives
Copyright I: Justifications and Central Concepts in Copyright I
Copyright II: Justifications and Central Concepts in Copyright II
Copyright III: Harmonization of Copyright at the International and European Levels
Copyright IV: The Subject Matter of Copyright
Copyright V: Authorship, Ownership and Duration
Copyright VI: The Rights of the Copyright Owner
Copyright VII: Defences to Copyright Infringement
Copyright VIII: Moral Rights
Copyright IX: Associated Rights
Confidential Information
Designs I: Scope of Design Right
Designs II: Relationship to Other Rights
Patents I: Justifications and Central Concepts in Patents
Patents II: Harmonization of Patents at the International and European Levels
Patents III: The Subject Matter of Patents
Patents IV: The Patent Application Process
Patents V: Requirements for Patentability
Patents VI: Ownership
Patents VII: Infringement and Defences to Infringement
Patents VIII: Compulsory Licences and Related Rights
Trade Marks I: Central Concepts in Trade Marks at the International and European Levels
Trade Marks II: Subject Matter and Registration of Trade Marks
Trade Marks III: Subject Matter and Registration of Trade Marks (cont)
Trade Marks IV: Infringement and Defences to Infringement
Revision and Distribution of Assignment
Programma
Introduction to the themes of the courseHistory and Theory of Intellectual Property
Intellectual Property Harmonization at the International and European Levels I: From the Paris Convention of 1883 to the Marrakesh Treaty of 2013
Intellectual Property Harmonization at the International and European Levels II: The World Trade Organization Agreement on Trade-related Aspects of Intellectual Property
Intellectual Property Harmonization at the International and European Levels III: The EU Directives
Copyright I: Justifications and Central Concepts in Copyright I
Copyright II: Justifications and Central Concepts in Copyright II
Copyright III: Harmonization of Copyright at the International and European Levels
Copyright IV: The Subject Matter of Copyright
Copyright V: Authorship, Ownership and Duration
Copyright VI: The Rights of the Copyright Owner
Copyright VII: Defences to Copyright Infringement
Copyright VIII: Moral Rights
Copyright IX: Associated Rights
Confidential Information
Designs I: Scope of Design Right
Designs II: Relationship to Other Rights
Patents I: Justifications and Central Concepts in Patents
Patents II: Harmonization of Patents at the International and European Levels
Patents III: The Subject Matter of Patents
Patents IV: The Patent Application Process
Patents V: Requirements for Patentability
Patents VI: Ownership
Patents VII: Infringement and Defences to Infringement
Patents VIII: Compulsory Licences and Related Rights
Trade Marks I: Central Concepts in Trade Marks at the International and European Levels
Trade Marks II: Subject Matter and Registration of Trade Marks
Trade Marks III: Subject Matter and Registration of Trade Marks (cont)
Trade Marks IV: Infringement and Defences to Infringement
Revision and Distribution of Assignment
Testi Adottati
L Bently et al, Intellectual Property Law (Oxford University Press, 6th ed, 2022)Bibliografia Di Riferimento
F Macmillan, Intellectual and Cultural Property: Between Market and Community (Routledge, 2021)Modalità Frequenza
The course is taught in the second semester in three two hour seminars per week.Modalità Valutazione
The course will be assessed by an assignment of 2,500 words that will be distributed at the end of the class on Monday 27 May and must be to fionaelizabeth.macmillan@uniroma3.it in word or PDF format on the email address above on or before 12 noon on Wednesday 5 June.