XAIPR Intellectual Property Law

Moravian Business College Olomouc
summer 2021
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
JUDr. Petr Prchal, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
JUDr. Petr Prchal, Ph.D.
Moravian Business College Olomouc
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to introduce the students to the fundamentals of intellectual property rights. The students will get familiar with the definition of key concepts and rules related to intellectual property rights, both as an overview and in detail in the various areas of intellectual property rights. The emphasis is put on copyright, design right, patent right, trademark right and geographical indications and designation of traditional origin. The students will also get familiar with possible ways of enforcing intellectual property rights.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction to intellectual property rights
    2. Overview and the nature of the rights, principles, taxonomy, history
    3. Exercise of intellectual property rights
    4. Copyright
    5. Copyright and related rights, collective rights management, employee work and collective work
    6. Intellectual property rights in the information society, protection of computer programs and databases
    7. Right to industrial designs
    8. Patent right and the right to utility models
    9. Trademark rights
    10. Right to geographical indication and designation of traditional origin
    11. Enforcement of intellectual property rights 1
    12. Enforcement of intellectual property rights 2, law violations and criminal protection
    The course is based on the information-receptive method and the method for problem of interpretation. The dialogue methods and the demonstration methods are also used.
Literature
    required literature
  • PETILION, F. Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights in the EU Member States. Intersentia, 2019. ISBN 9781780686813. info
  • PILA, J. and P. TORREMANS. European intellectual property law. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016. ISBN 978-0198729914. info
  • BOYLE, J. and J. JENKINS. Intellectual Property: Law & the Information Society-Cases and Materials. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016. ISBN 978-1535598163. info
  • GEIGER, Ch. Constructing European intellectual property: achievements and new perspectives. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 2013. ISBN 978-1-78100-164-6. info
    recommended literature
  • ANGELOPOULOS, Ch. European intermediary liability in copyright: a tort-based analysis. Alphen aan den Rijn: Kluwers Law International, 2017. info
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
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