Faculty of Law
Copyright and Designs
Full course description
This course covers aspects ranging from modern and digital copyright to the protection and creation of a product market for traditional knowledge and designs. Due to a focus on global markets, the emphasis lies on the management of copyright and design in a globalising economy through traditional means, such as the role and function of collecting rights societies, the role of digital signatures and digital protection mechanisms, and design protection for the purpose of stimulating both high-tech and traditional industries. In this context cross-pollination with the course on Competition Law, IP Licensing and Portfolio Management can be achieved. Taught by: Prof. Alison Firth (U. Newcastle, U. Surrey (Emeritus), Barrister London); Dalindyebo Shabalala (UM)Course objectives
At the end of this course, the student can place design rights in an international and national perspective, is able to describe the role and function of international institutions (WIPO, WTO, OHIM) and instruments (PC, BC, Washington Treaty, TRIPS, Locarno, Hague Agreement, EC Directives and Regulations), knows how design rights interface with copyright protection, will be conversant with concepts such as management of copyright and design, collecting societies and is able to write, argue and present on these issues in the context of competition policy (spares, DRM, TPM, Creative Commons, etc.)LAW5019
Period 5
11 Apr 2022
10 Jun 2022
ECTS credits:
5.0Coordinator:
Teaching methods:
Lecture(s), PBL, Assignment(s)Assessment methods:
Assignment, Written exam