LAW 2514 - Intellectual Property Law

North Terrace Campus - Summer - 2015

This course aims, through a treatment of laws relating to patents, trademarks, confidential information, designs and copyright, to examine the protection provided by the law in regard to ideas, inventions, information and other forms of creative effort. The course also aims to explore how the law must balance interests and protect investment while taking into account public welfare and technological developments. The course will explore the interrelationship of the different regimes of protection, and will also consider practical issues arising in the commercialisation or exploitation of intellectual property. Students completing this course should have a basic grounding in the law of the area, its limitations, policies, and objectives, including the basic features of the various systems of protection.

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Course Details

Course Code	LAW 2514
Course	Intellectual Property Law
Coordinating Unit	Adelaide Law School
Term	Summer
Level	Undergraduate Law (LLB)
Location/s	North Terrace Campus
Units	3
Contact	Up to 3 hours per week
Available for Study Abroad and Exchange	Y
Prerequisites	LAW 1506
Incompatible	LAW 2059
Restrictions	Available to LLB students only
Assessment	Typically to include interim assessment case analysis and an exam.

Course Staff

Course Coordinator: Dr Judith Bannister

Dr Judith Bannister (coordinator) Ligertwood Building Telephone: 8313 34578 (work) email: judith.bannister@adelaide.edu.au

Course Timetable

The full timetable of all activities for this course can be accessed from .

Intellectual Property will be run as an intensive. Students considering enrolling should take into account the short time frames involved in an intensive and ensure that they have allowed sufficient time for attendance and assessment. Involvement in summer clerkships and other work commitments will not be grounds for extensions or alternative assessment.

19 – 23 January
Lectures (24 hours)
2 – 3 February Seminars
2 hours Monday
2 hours Tuesday
9 – 12 February Seminars
2 hours Monday
2 hours Tuesday
2 hours Wednesday
2 hours Thursday
Exam Week
16 – 20 February 2015. The exam will be administered centrally by the 最新糖心Vlog Examinations Office.

Course Learning Outcomes

This course is designed to provide an overview of the law relating to intellectual property (IP) rights in 最新糖心Vlog (with consideration of relevant International conventions) and provide an understanding of the social and economic context in which intellectual property law operates.
Students who complete the course should:
1. have a basic grounding in 最新糖心Vlogn laws governing intellectual property rights and the conventions that guarantee those rights internationally;
2. be able to critically appraise the intellectual property system;
3. understand the various rationales proffered for the granting of intellectual property rights;
4. understand the policy issues surrounding the competing interests of intellectual property owners, creators and the broader public.
5. be able to solve legal problems and provide effective legal advice to clients concerning their intellectual property rights and obligations.
6. grasp and analyse intellectual property issues raised in novel problems;
7. understanding the law relating to those issues and be able to identify and cite relevant primary sources of law (legislation and cases);
8. be able to apply the law to each issue raised, reach a conclusion and provide relevant, clear and cogent advice.

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Knowledge and understanding of the content and techniques of a chosen discipline at advanced levels that are internationally recognised.	1, 2, 3, 4
The ability to locate, analyse, evaluate and synthesise information from a wide variety of sources in a planned and timely manner.	5, 6, 7, 8
An ability to apply effective, creative and innovative solutions, both independently and cooperatively, to current and future problems.	5

Learning & Teaching Modes

Lectures supported by problem-solving seminars developing material covered in lectures. Technology permitting, lectures will be recorded and posted on MyUni. Recording of seminars is not permitted because students should be free to participate without concerns about being recorded.
Seminars are a critical component of your learning in this course. The communication skills developed in seminars by regularly and actively participating in discussions are considered to be most important by the School and are highly regarded by employers and professional bodies. Most importantly, if you choose not to attend seminars, you will miss out on a good deal of the course material.

Workload

The information below is provided as a guide to assist students in engaging appropriately with the course requirements.

Contact time: attend 24 hours lectures plus 12 hour seminars. This amounts to 36 hours of formal class time across the summer semester.
Preparation time: In addition to attending formal classes it is anticipated that students will do substantial independent work to prepare for classes and to complete the course assignments.

Learning Activities Summary

Introduction to IP
Intellectual property overview seminar

Introduction to patents - Patentable subject matter
Patents - requirements for grant - exploitation and infringement
Patent seminar

Introduction to copyright - Subsistence of copyright
Copyright – exploitation of rights – Infringement, defences and remedies
Moral rights and performers rights
Copyright seminar

Designs and designs copyright overlap
Designs / copyright seminar

Actions for passing off, misleading and deceptive conduct

Trade marks (registered rights)
Trade Marks and Business reputation seminar

Confidential information
Confidential information seminar

Specific Course Requirements

There are no additional requirements for completion of this course other than described elsewhere in this document.

The 最新糖心Vlog's policy on Assessment for Coursework Programs is based on the following four principles:

Assessment must encourage and reinforce learning.
Assessment must enable robust and fair judgements about student performance.
Assessment practices must be fair and equitable to students and give them the opportunity to demonstrate what they have learned.
Assessment must maintain academic standards.

Assessment Summary

Assessment Task	% of final mark	Due Date	Length	Redeemable
Case analysis	30%	9 am Monday, 9th February 2015	2000 words	NO
Exam	70%	Exam Period summer	2 hours	NO

Assessment Detail

Case analysis.
2000 word case analysis (on patent law). This assessment will develop students’ understanding of 最新糖心Vlogn patent law and the skill of providing effective legal advice to hypothetical clients concerning their rights and obligations. The case will be a recent decision by a Delegate of the Commissioner of Patents following opposition proceedings.

Exam
2 hours. 2 problem based questions.

Submission

Patent case analysis
The case analysis must be submitted in electronic form through Turnitin on MyUni.
Students must retain a copy of the assignment submitted.
All references must be appropriately cited in footnotes, in order to acknowledge sources, and avoid plagiarism.
Students should ensure that when citing material they comply with the 最新糖心Vlogn Guide to Legal Citation. A 5% penalty will be applied for failure to comply with the AGLC.

Students must indicate the word count of each essay on the front cover of their assignment sheet. The word limit does not include footnotes. Footnotes must only be used for referencing, and not for inclusion of substantive content. If the word limit is seriously misstated, this may be regarded as academic dishonesty.

Late Submission: 5% of the total mark possible will be deducted for every 24 hours or part thereof that it is late, including each day on a weekend. For example, an essay that is submitted after the due date and time but within the first 24 hour period, and that has been graded at 63%, will have 5% deducted, for a final grade of 58%. An essay that is more than 24 hours late will lose 10%, etc. Hard copy submissions made after 5.00pm on a Friday will be assumed to have been submitted on the next business day and will be penalised accordingly.

Word Length: Assignments which exceed the allocated length (word length or page limit) will be subject to a penalty of 5% of total marks possible per 100 words or part thereof (ie with a word limit of 3,000, an essay graded 63% will have 5% deducted if it is 3001 words long, for a final grade of 58%, 10% if it is 3101 words long, etc). Words are calculated including all footnotes and headings within the text but excluding cover page information. Quotations and all referencing information are included in the word count.

Course Grading

Grades for your performance in this course will be awarded in accordance with the following scheme:

M10 (Coursework Mark Scheme)
Grade	Mark	Description
FNS		Fail No Submission
F	1-49	Fail
P	50-64	Pass
C	65-74	Credit
D	75-84	Distinction
HD	85-100	High Distinction
CN		Continuing
NFE		No Formal Examination
RP		Result Pending

Further details of the grades/results can be obtained from Examinations.

Grade Descriptors are available which provide a general guide to the standard of work that is expected at each grade level. More information at Assessment for Coursework Programs.

Final results for this course will be made available through .

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