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Current Academic Year 2012 - 2013
Please note that this information is subject to change.

Module Title	Intellectual Property Law
Module Code	LG364
School	School of Law & Government
Online Module Resources
Module Co-ordinator	Semester 1: Noel McGrath Semester 2: Eoin Daly
NFQ level	8	Credit Rating	5
Pre-requisite	None
Co-requisite	None
Compatibles	None
Incompatibles	None

Description

This module is concerned with the recognition and exploitation of legal rights in intellectual property. The module will cover the following areas: the common law action in passing off; registration and infringement of trade marks under the Trade Marks Act 1996; parallel importation and the exhaustion of trade mark rights; criteria for patentability under the Patents Act 1992; patent infringement; protection of copyrights in literary, artistic works, films, sound recordings, and broadcasts; protection of legal rights in databases.

Learning Outcomes

1. Identify the legal regulation of the exploitation of ideas, innovation and artistic endeavours
2. Locate Irish intellectual property law within its European and international contexts
3. Apply principles of intellectual property law to problems relating to patents, copyrights, trademarks and design rights.
4. Evaluate the economic and social justifications for the recognition of such rights.

Workload	Full-time hours per semester
*Type*	*Hours*	*Description*
Lecture	24	No Description
Independent learning	101	No Description
Total Workload: 125

All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml

Indicative Content and Learning Activities

Protection of Trade Reputation.
Passing off and injurious falsehood; registration of trade marks under the Trade Marks Act 1996 and the Community Trade Mark regime; exhaustion of trade marks.

Patents.
Recognition, registration and infringement of patents under the Patents Act 1992; the European Patent Convention;.

Copyrights.
Copyrights under the Copyright and Related Rights Act 1999EU intervention in the protection of copyrights and Droit de Suite.

Assessment Breakdown
Continuous Assessment	0%	Examination Weight	100%

Course Work Breakdown
Type	Description	% of total	Assessment Date

Reassessment Requirement
Resit arrangements are explained by the following categories; 1 = A resit is available for all components of the module 2 = No resit is available for 100% continuous assessment module 3 = No resit is available for the continuous assessment component
This module is category 1

Indicative Reading List

Robert Clark, Shane Smyth,: 2010, Intellectual Property Law in Ireland, 3rd, Bloomsbury, London, 9781847663665
William Cornish, David Llewelyn, Tanya Aplin,: 2010, Intellectual Property, 7th, Sweet & Maxwell, London, 9781847039235
L. Bently and B. Sherman: 0, Intellectual property law, 3rd, OUP, Oxford, 9780199292042
Tanya Aplin, Jennifer Davis,: 2010, Intellectual Property Law, OUP, Oxford, 9780199271577
Michael Spence: 2007, Intellectual property, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 9780198765011

Other Resources

None

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